Zea
Girl · ZEE-ah · Greek
Zea is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “grain”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Zea mean?
Greek: from Greek zeia, a kind of grain
“grain”
Zea is the botanical name of the maize genus, as in Zea mays.
- Say it
- ZEE-ah
Is Zea a girl's or a boy's name?
Zea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zea in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 5 girls.
Zea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 2 | #5,211 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Zea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Zea, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Zea in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Names like Zea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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