Is Zia a boy or girl name?

Zia is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 3,550 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 90.9% were girls and 9.1% were boys.

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Zia

Recorded 1976–2025 · United States

Zia was most popular in 2024, when 213 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,153 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,609, with 157 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,550 people named Zia.

Zia over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zia’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zia a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zia is mostly a girl’s name — 90.9% of the 3,550 Americans given it were girls and 9.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 93% girls and 7% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Zia

Where Zia is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org