Girls' name · since 1956
Zanthia
12 babies named Zanthia in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #52,494 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1956
- 1970s
- peak decade
12 girls have been named Zanthia since 1956, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zanthia has been recorded 12 times among girls since 1956, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 1973.
- #52,494 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1956
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zanthia ranks #52,494 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1956, peaking in the 1970s.
- #52,494 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1956
- 1970s
- peak decade
Zanthia's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zanthia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zanthia's full recorded timeline at 1973, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1956, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zanthia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1973
- Peak year (1973)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Zanthia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
1970s was Zanthia's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Zanthia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zanthia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1956–1973 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zanthia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.