Zonya — girls' name
70 babies named Zonya in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Zonya was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Zonya in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zonya
The Social Security Administration has registered 70 babies named Zonya between 1960 and 1975, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zonya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zonya performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zonya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zonya 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 70 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.
Zonya at a glance
Last recorded 1975Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zonya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1960
- Peak year (1970)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1975.
70 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 12 births in a single year.
Zonya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 47 births that decade — 67% of Zonya's all-time total
Zonya decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Zonya's strongest decade
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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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, 1960–1975 (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.