girls:
2.3k births since 1917
#3578 (37th percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1917
#5475 (29th percentile)
The name Zinnia is the #5,475 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,337 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 29.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,578 (37.4% percentile) for all time with 2,337 births since 1917.
Zinnia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (first recorded for girls in 1917). Birth data for Zinnia is available in 59 out of the 107 years between 1917 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, Zinnia reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 18.0% percentile (ranked #777) with 100 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 100 births per million (ranked 18.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2000, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Zinnia is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #777 (18.0% percentile) with 100 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zinnia".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Zinnia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.5% confident that Zinnia is pronounced as ZIH-nee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZIH-nyuh, at 9.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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