Girls' name · since 1880
Zoa
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 616 babies named Zoa, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,327 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 616
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zoa is the #6327 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 616 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Zoa recorded 616 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #6327 nationally today, ahead of 63% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #10,383 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,327 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 616 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zoa ranks #10,383 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,327 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 616 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,327 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 616
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zoa's 616 recorded births place it above 85.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zoa compares
616 Top 41% higher than 59% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zoa's all-time total is 64% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zoa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 616 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zoa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zoa splits its recorded history at 1927: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1883 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zoa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Zoa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (109 births, 18% of the file).
2020s was Zoa's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Zoa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
87 births
- 1890s
1890s
61 births
- 1900s 17
1900s
17 births
- 1910s
1910s
92 births
- 1920s
1920s
56 births
- 1930s 21
1930s
21 births
- 1940s 21
1940s
21 births
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s 35
2000s
35 births
- 2010s
2010s
97 births
- 2020s
2020s
109 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 109 births (18% of all-time use).
How Zoa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zoa's total volume
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zoa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Zoa 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.