girls:
62 births since 2001
#5654 (1st percentile)
boys:
65 births since 2002
#4521 (1st percentile)
overall:
127 births since 2001
#7612 (2nd percentile)
The name Zi is the #7,612 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 127 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 1.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,521 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 65 births since 2002. For girls, it ranks #5,654 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 62 births since 2001.
Zi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (2001 for girls and 2002 for boys). Birth data for Zi is available in 13 out of the 17 years between 2001 and 2017. 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 Zi is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2017, 100.0% of babies named Zi were girls. Interestingly, until around 2006, the name was more popular for girls (51.0% girls from 2001 to 2005), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (52.6% boys from 2006 to 2017).
For boys, Zi reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #808) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2016.
For girls, Zi reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #932) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zi".
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