girls:
6 births since 2011
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
78 births since 2004
#4508 (2nd percentile)
overall:
84 births since 2004
#7655 (1st percentile)
The name Zy is the #7,655 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 84 recorded births since 2004. This represents the 1.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,508 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 78 births since 2004. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2011.
Zy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2004 (2004 for boys and 2011 for girls). Birth data for Zy is available in 13 out of the 20 years between 2004 and 2023 (12 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Zy has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Zy reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #911) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zy is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #906 (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million.
For girls, Zy reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #939) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2011.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zy".
These names exclude other spelling variations of Zai. View all variations of Zai.
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Zy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.9% confident that Zy is pronounced as zai, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zee, at 21.1% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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