Zinnia Girl
How popular is Zinnia?
#1,285 girl name in 2025
174 baby girls were named Zinnia in the US in 2025, making it the 1285th most popular girl name.
Zinnia popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,285 for girls (▲ 49 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 174 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+45% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,743 in 2015, #1,587 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (177 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,285 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1917 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zinnia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zinnia family of names ranked #1,038 for girls in 2025 (#1,109 the year before), with 191 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zinnia | 174 | 91% |
| Zyniah | 7 | 4% |
| Zynnia | 5 | 3% |
| Zynia | 5 | 3% |
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 Zinnia is most popular
Babies named Zinnia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.3 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Oregon: 0.2 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- Colorado: 0.2 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (106 girls)
Zinnia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1960s | 21 | #6,041 |
| 1970s | 115 | #3,541 |
| 1980s | 128 | #3,738 |
| 1990s | 143 | #5,224 |
| 2000s | 294 | #3,733 |
| 2010s | 990 | #1,488 |
| 2020s | 983 | #1,285 |
Girl names about as popular as Zinnia
Questions
- Is Zinnia a boy or girl name?
- Zinnia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zinnia were girls.
- How popular is the name Zinnia?
- 174 baby girls were named Zinnia in the US in 2025, making it the 1285th most popular girl name.
- When was Zinnia most popular?
- Zinnia peaked in 2023, when 177 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,285 in 2025.
- How many people are named Zinnia?
- 2,685 babies have been named Zinnia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,653 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Zinnia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zinnia was most common in Washington, at 0.3 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.