girls:
296 births since 1957
#5420 (5th percentile)
boys:
89 births since 2000
#4497 (2nd percentile)
overall:
385 births since 1957
#7354 (5th percentile)
The name Zo is the #7,354 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 385 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 5.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,420 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 296 births since 1957. For boys, it ranks #4,497 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 89 births since 2000.
Zo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for girls and 2000 for boys). Birth data for Zo is available in 18 out of the 67 years between 1957 and 2023 (17 years for girls and 10 years for boys). 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 Zo has been given predominantly to girls, with 76.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 50.0% of babies named Zo were girls.
For girls, Zo reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #914) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zo ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 43.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Zo reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #900) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zo is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #900 (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zo".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Zo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Zo is pronounced as zoh, which has 1 syllables.
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