girls:
467 births since 2003
#5249 (8th percentile)
boys:
17 births since 2022
#4569 (0th percentile)
overall:
484 births since 2003
#7255 (6th percentile)
The name Zaia is the #7,255 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 484 recorded births since 2003. This represents the 6.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,249 (8.1% percentile) for all time with 467 births since 2003. For boys, it ranks #4,569 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 17 births since 2022.
Zaia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2003 (2003 for girls and 2022 for boys). Birth data for Zaia is available in 18 out of the 21 years between 2003 and 2023 (18 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Zaia has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 92.2% of babies named Zaia were girls.
For girls, Zaia reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 12.1% percentile (ranked #833) with 68 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 68 births per million (ranked 12.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zaia is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #833 (12.1% percentile) with 68 births per million.
For boys, Zaia reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #906) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Currently, Zaia is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #906 (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zaia".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Zaia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 17 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Zaya" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Zaya..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Zaia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.1% confident that Zaia is pronounced as ZAY-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZAI-uh, at 32.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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