girls:
1.6k births since 1999
#4151 (27th percentile)
boys:
56 births since 2008
#4530 (1st percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1999
#6088 (21st percentile)
The name Ziya is the #6,088 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,661 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 21.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,151 (27.4% percentile) for all time with 1,605 births since 1999. For boys, it ranks #4,530 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 56 births since 2008.
Ziya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 (1999 for girls and 2008 for boys).
The name Ziya has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Ziya reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 14.8% percentile (ranked #816) with 82 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 82 births per million (ranked 14.8% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ziya ranks #817 for girls (13.7% percentile) with 77 births per million, which is 94.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ziya reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #910) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ziya ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 64.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ziya".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ziya", 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 Ziya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Ziya is pronounced as ZEE-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZEE-yuh, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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