How Many People Are Named Zhi?
people named Zhi are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,798,867 people in the US has this name
Based on 193 babies named Zhi in Social Security records from 1988 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
19 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese εΏ (zhΓ¬) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" or ζΊ (zhΓ¬) meaning "wisdom, intellect", as well as other characters which are pronounced similarly.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Zhi, 8.9% were girls and 91.1% were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Zhi alive today is about 18 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 24 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Zhi first appears in the records in 1988 and was given most often in 2001, to 19 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1988 to 2024
π Rank History
Zhi has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,295, in 2001.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,295 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,465 in the 2000s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Zhi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zhi were born in New York than in any other state: about 59 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zhi was given about 15.8 times as often in New York.
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