Zia

Girl name

Zia has been given to 3,550 babies in the U.S. since 1976. It peaked in 2024.

Meaning & origin /ˈziː.ə/

Borrowed from Arabic ضِيَاء (ḍiyāʔ, “light”) via Spanish.

Origin: Arabic

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

3,550

Peak year

2024 (213 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1976

10-year trend

▲ +9%

Gender split

91% girls / 9% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Zia.

3,551 babies since 1937

3,552 babies since 1951

3,537 babies since 1880

3,533 babies since 1932

3,533 babies since 1935

3,568 babies since 2006

3,526 babies since 1895

3,523 babies since 1988

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