girls:
821 births since 1998
#4895 (14th percentile)
boys:
295 births since 2000
#4291 (6th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1998
#6623 (14th percentile)
The name Ziah is the #6,623 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,116 recorded births since 1998. This represents the 14.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,895 (14.3% percentile) for all time with 821 births since 1998. For boys, it ranks #4,291 (6.4% percentile) for all time with 295 births since 2000.
Ziah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 (1998 for girls and 2000 for boys).
The name Ziah has been given predominantly to girls, with 73.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 65.3% of babies named Ziah were girls.
For girls, Ziah reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #888) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 30 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ziah ranks #903 for girls (4.7% percentile) with 28 births per million, which is 94.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ziah reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #888) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ziah ranks #890 for boys (2.3% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 80.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ziah".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ziah", 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 "Zia" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Zia..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ziah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.4% confident that Ziah is pronounced as ZAI-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZEE-uh, at 31.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.
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