Zona
Zona was given to 5 girls in 2025, #17,270 among girls’ names; 4,567 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,280 Americans named Zona and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (28% of everyone recorded); the median is 72 years old and half are between 56 and 82.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Zona by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Zona mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Zona is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Zona?
#17,270 among girls’ names, 2025
Zona fell from #16,398 in 2015 to #17,270 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 3.4 to 3.1 per million.
107 babies in 1916, the peak
Zona peaked in 1916, when 107 girls were given it, #662 among girls’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #17,270 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #11,114 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 10 | #10,302 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,457 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 10 | #10,280 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,946 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,335 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,755 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 9 | #11,603 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,768 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | #16,398 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 8 | #13,056 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 13 | #9,030 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 9 | #12,189 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 7 | #14,809 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 13 | #9,222 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 5 | #20,176 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 6 | #17,623 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 10 | #11,408 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,825 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 8 | #12,395 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 5 | #18,073 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 5 | #17,960 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 5 | #17,638 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 9 | #10,335 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 5 | #16,587 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 5 | #16,149 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 6 | #13,433 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,875 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,537 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 5 | #12,159 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,645 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,608 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 6 | #9,063 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 12 | #5,009 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 9 | #6,075 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,554 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,383 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,410 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,454 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,486 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,962 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,491 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,261 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,304 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 18 | #3,064 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 27 | #2,355 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,955 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,095 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,287 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,320 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,840 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,715 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,577 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 60 | #1,283 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,436 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 41 | #1,521 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,581 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,450 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,421 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,407 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 44 | #1,411 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 63 | #1,076 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 51 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 63 | #1,005 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 59 | #1,023 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 57 | #974 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 72 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 95 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 75 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 84 | #745 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 54 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 71 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 79 | #755 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 74 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 77 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 79 | #757 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 61 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 80 | #788 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 79 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 70 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 93 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 78 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 104 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 74 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 88 | #779 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 88 | #783 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 87 | #779 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 83 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 77 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 95 | #712 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 107 | #662 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 92 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 73 | #686 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 64 | #650 | 0.10 |
| 1912 | 54 | #688 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 51 | #604 | 0.12 |
| 1910 | 48 | #609 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 39 | #637 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 31 | #708 | 0.09 |
| 1907 | 39 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 37 | #594 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 24 | #760 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 35 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1903 | 41 | #503 | 0.16 |
| 1902 | 23 | #733 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 31 | #558 | 0.13 |
| 1900 | 44 | #515 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 31 | #549 | 0.13 |
| 1898 | 28 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 28 | #583 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 38 | #477 | 0.16 |
| 1895 | 38 | #479 | 0.16 |
| 1894 | 23 | #627 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 15 | #793 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 25 | #564 | 0.12 |
| 1891 | 14 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 27 | #507 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 29 | #467 | 0.16 |
| 1888 | 30 | #457 | 0.17 |
| 1887 | 28 | #423 | 0.19 |
| 1886 | 20 | #507 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 14 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 8 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 11 | #614 | 0.10 |
| 1882 | 17 | #457 | 0.16 |
| 1881 | 9 | #622 | 0.10 |
| 1880 | 8 | #678 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Zona a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Zona has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 129 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Zona: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Zona, and how old are they?
1,280 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 28% of the 4,567 Americans ever recorded as Zona. The median Zona alive today is 72 years old; half are between 56 and 82.
The 2020 Census counted 1,588 people named Zona (1,568 women and girls, 20 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,548 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 343 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 539 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 128 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 18 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 140 |
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 Zona born?
The states with the most babies named Zona are Texas, Kentucky and Oklahoma, with 55% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and Oklahoma are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 235 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Kentucky | 148 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Oklahoma | 125 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| North Carolina | 46 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| California | 40 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 30 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| West Virginia | 29 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 27 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Minnesota | 24 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Wisconsin | 23 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Zona is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Zona is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 1.7 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 Zona 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 4 names spelled alike, given to 5,213 babies since 1880, Zona is the most given (88% of them).
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.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Zona
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Zona and names like it
- Compare Zona and ZoniaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sZona peaked in 1916.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Zona since 1910.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Zona.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Zona alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with ZMost given first.