Zina
Zina was given to 15 girls in 2025, #7,484 among girls’ names; 5,073 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,040 Americans named Zina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (80% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 39 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Zina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Zina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Zina is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Zina?
#7,484 among girls’ names, 2025
Zina fell from #5,455 in 2015 to #7,484 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 14.0 to 9.3 per million.
798 babies in 1964, the peak
Zina peaked in 1964, when 798 babies were given it (793 girls, #338 among girls’ names). The 15 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,484 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,793 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,358 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,960 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,740 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,872 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,961 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 49 | #3,291 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,994 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,987 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (134)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | #5,455 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,652 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,482 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,553 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,910 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,634 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 19 | #7,059 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,554 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 29 | #5,090 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,378 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,883 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 20 | #6,209 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,991 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,666 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,166 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 23 | #5,143 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,886 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 17 | #6,064 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,365 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,178 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 26 | #4,093 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,705 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,768 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,842 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,715 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,368 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,097 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,165 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,279 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,754 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,416 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,231 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,947 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,778 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,252 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,132 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,859 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,940 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,650 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,538 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,258 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,834 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,063 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 53 | #1,697 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,876 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 56 | #1,680 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,808 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 57 | #1,518 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 113 | #966 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 164 | #768 | 0.10 |
| 1965 | 363 | #498 | 0.21 |
| 1964 | 793 | #338 | 0.42 |
| 1963 | 679 | #370 | 0.35 |
| 1962 | 117 | #997 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 54 | #1,551 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 60 | #1,428 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 53 | #1,497 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 46 | #1,586 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,529 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,546 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,639 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,799 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,832 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,976 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,388 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,906 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,232 | under 0.01 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,880 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,767 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,390 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,130 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 10 | #3,137 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,445 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,414 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,395 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,422 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,205 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,728 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,568 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,371 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,437 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,422 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,159 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,233 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,939 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,304 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,951 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,765 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,550 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 19 | #2,074 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,776 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,512 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,915 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,185 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,987 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,750 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,155 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,886 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,604 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 17 | #2,027 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,253 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,739 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,704 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,867 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,396 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,218 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,546 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,950 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,484 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,317 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,791 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,066 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,559 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,276 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,500 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,262 | 0.03 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,580 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,297 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 12 | #949 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,435 | 0.03 |
| 1892 | 11 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1886 | 7 | #992 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 7 | #929 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Zina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Zina has been given almost only to girls: 10 boys in 134 years of records.
Girls and boys named Zina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Zina, and how old are they?
4,040 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 80% of the 5,073 Americans ever recorded as Zina. The median Zina alive today is 61 years old; half are between 39 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 5,009 people named Zina (4,973 women and girls, 36 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,071 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 68 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,810 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,010 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 411 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 341 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 406 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Zina born?
The states with the most babies named Zina are California, New York and Texas, with 37% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 392 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New York | 330 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 202 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Louisiana | 145 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 136 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 120 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Virginia | 116 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Maryland | 114 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Florida | 98 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 79 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Zina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Zina is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Zina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 11,800 babies since 1880, Zina is the most given (43% of them). In 2025 it was given to 15 of their 327 babies (4.6%), the fifth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Zina and names like it
- Compare Zina and ZinniaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sZina peaked in 1964.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Zina since 1910.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Zina.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Zina alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with ZMost given first.