Zia Girl

How popular is Zia?

#1,467 girl name in 2025

146 baby girls were named Zia in the US in 2025, making it the 1467th most popular girl name. Another 11 boys got the name (#7,190 for boys).

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3,526living people named Zia (est.)
11median age of people named Zia
3,550babies named Zia since 1880
1 in 21,117US babies born in 2025

Zia popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#1,467 for girls (▼ 276 from 2024)
Babies in 2025146 girls, 11 boys
10-year trendSteady (+12% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#1,643 in 2015, #1,357 in 2020
Peak year2024 (200 girls)
Highest rank#1,191 in 2024
First recorded1976
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)7% boys, 93% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Zia counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zia family of names ranked #769 for girls in 2025 (#656 the year before), with 330 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Zia 146 44%
Zya 102 31%
Ziah 42 13%
Zyah 40 12%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Zia is most popular

Babies named Zia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. New Mexico: 2.5 per 1,000 (61 girls)
  2. District of Columbia: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
  3. Colorado: 0.2 per 1,000 (21 girls)
  4. Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (27 girls)
  5. California: 0.2 per 1,000 (147 girls)

Zia by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1970s5#9,282
1980s50#6,154
1990s201#3,440
2000s646#2,059
2010s1,303#1,218
2020s1,023#1,191

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Questions

Is Zia a boy or girl name?
Zia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 93% of babies named Zia were girls.
How popular is the name Zia?
146 baby girls were named Zia in the US in 2025, making it the 1467th most popular girl name. Another 11 boys got the name (#7,190 for boys).
When was Zia most popular?
Zia peaked in 2024, when 200 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,191 in 2024.
How many people are named Zia?
3,550 babies have been named Zia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,526 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
Where is Zia most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Zia was most common in New Mexico, at 2.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.