Zona — #10250 US girls' name
4,562 babies named Zona in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 42% of names given to girls today.
18% of everyone ever named Zona was born in this single decade.
107 babies were named Zona in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zona
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,562 babies named Zona between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zona currently holds the #10250 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 107 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zona performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 841 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Zona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 235 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Zona in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zona in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,562 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Zona at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1916)
- 107
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #10250 among girls.
4,562 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 107 births in a single year.
Zona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 841 births that decade — 18% of Zona's all-time total
Zona decade highlights
- Peak decade 841 births
- Runner-up 749 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Zona's strongest decade
841 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Zona by state
Where Zona concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 235 | 5.2% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 148 | 3.2% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 125 | 2.7% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 46 | 1.0% |
| #5 | California | | 40 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 30 | 0.7% |
| #7 | West Virginia | | 29 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 27 | 0.6% |
235 of 4,562 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.2% of nationwide
- Kentucky 3.2% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 2.7% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.0% of nationwide
- California 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 26 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Zona appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.