How Many People Are Named Zona?
people named Zona are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 259,517 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,567 babies named Zona in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
107 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "girdle, belt" in Greek. This name was made popular by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet Zona Gale.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zona in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zona alive today is about 63 years old, and 72% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zona first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 107 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zona has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #423, in 1887. In 2025 it ranked #17,269.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #17,269 |
| Best rank | #423 (1887) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #798 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zona alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zona were born in Texas than in any other state: about 41 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zona was given 6.6 times as often in Oklahoma, 6.2 times in Kentucky and 4.6 times in Texas.
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