How Many People Are Named Zia?
people named Zia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 97,070 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,550 babies named Zia in Social Security records from 1976 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
213 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of ZIYA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Zia, 91% were girls and 9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 88.9% of the babies were girls then and 92.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zia alive today is about 11 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zia first appears in the records in 1976 and was given most often in 2024, to 213 babies. In 2025, 157 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1976 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,192, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #1,477.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,477 |
| Best rank | #1,192 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,653 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zia were born in California than in any other state: about 472 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zia was given 22.5 times as often in New Mexico, 2.1 times in California and 2.1 times in Colorado.
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