girls:
1.7k births since 1994
#4067 (29th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1994
#6054 (22nd percentile)
The name Zaniah is the #6,054 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,696 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 21.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,067 (28.8% percentile) for all time with 1,696 births since 1994.
Zaniah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (first recorded for girls in 1994). Birth data for Zaniah is available in 28 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Zaniah reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 12.7% percentile (ranked #859) with 62 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 62 births per million (ranked 12.7% percentile). Despite a low point in 2019, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Zaniah ranks #905 for girls (4.4% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 43.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zaniah".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Zaniah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.5% confident that Zaniah is pronounced as zuh-NEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZAY-nee-uh, at 20.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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