Recorded 1988–2020 Girls' name Peak 2000 452 births

Zykia — girls' name

452 babies named Zykia in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s181990s1012000s2662010s592020s8
2000s
Peak decade

59% of everyone ever named Zykia was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

38 babies were named Zykia in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zykia

The Social Security Administration has registered 452 babies named Zykia between 1988 and 2020, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zykia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zykia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 266 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Zykia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 56 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Zykia in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zykia 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 452 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.

Zykia at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

452

Since 1988

33 years of records

Peak year

2000

38 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1988

Recorded for 33 years

Last year on file: 2020

Zykia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1988

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2000)
38
Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
010203040 2020201120072003199919951988 7

Zykia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
266 births that decade — 59% of Zykia's all-time total
1980s181990s1012000s2662010s592020s8

Zykia by state

Where Zykia concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Zykia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
56 12.4%
#2 North Carolina
21 4.6%
#3 South Carolina
13 2.9%
Georgia share of Zykia's total US births 12.4%
Even split

56 of 452 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zykia?
452 babies have been named Zykia since 1988. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2000 with 38 births.
When was Zykia most popular?
Zykia was most popular in the 2000s decade with 266 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
Where is Zykia most popular?
The top states for the name Zykia are Georgia (56 births), North Carolina (21 births), South Carolina (13 births).
How long has the name Zykia been used?
Zykia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 33 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Zykia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zykeria, Zykira, Zykerria, Zykiria, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1988–2020 (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.