girls:
231 births since 1990
#5485 (4th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1996
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
237 births since 1990
#7502 (3rd percentile)
The name Zavia is the #7,502 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 237 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 3.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,485 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 231 births since 1990. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1996.
Zavia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for girls and 1996 for boys). Birth data for Zavia is available in 23 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023 (22 years for girls and 1 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 Zavia has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Zavia reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #914) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zavia ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 91.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Zavia reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #777) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zavia".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Zavia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.4% confident that Zavia is pronounced as ZAY-vee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZA-vee-uh, at 13.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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