girls:
145 births since 2011
#5571 (3rd percentile)
overall:
145 births since 2011
#7594 (2nd percentile)
The name Zema is the #7,594 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 145 recorded births since 2011. This represents the 1.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,571 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 145 births since 2011.
Zema first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2011 (first recorded for girls in 2011). Birth data for Zema is available in 12 out of the 13 years between 2011 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, Zema reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #929) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zema ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 54.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zema".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Zema. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.6% confident that Zema is pronounced as ZEE-muh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZEH-muh, at 11.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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