Zia
Mostly girls · ZEE-a · Arabic
Zia is a name of Arabic origin, meaning “light, splendour”. In 2025 it ranked 1,163rd for girls in the UK (30 babies) and 1,467th for girls in the US (146 babies).
What does Zia mean?
Arabic: Urdu and Persian form of Diya
“light, splendour”
From Arabic diya, light or splendour, pronounced zia in Urdu and Persian; in Italian, zia means aunt.
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Is Zia a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Zia has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls and 4 boys in the UK and 146 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Zia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,163among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 9,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the UK were named Zia, making it the 1,163rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,064th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 35 girls. 4 boys were also named Zia in 2025 (4,301st for boys).
Half of all the girls named Zia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 43 girls in the UK were given Zia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #810, up from #1,163 for this spelling alone.
- Zia 30
- Ziah 13
Girls were 62% of the babies named Zia in the UK in 1999, and 88% in 2025.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,110th in England and Wales.
Zia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #1,163 |
| 2024 | 35 | #1,046 |
| 2023 | 35 | #1,051 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 34 | #1,064 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,420 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,617 |
| 2012 | 33 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 30 | #1,190 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 29 | #1,147 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Zia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,467among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 146about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 146 girls in the US were named Zia, making it the 1,467th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,357th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 200 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976. 11 boys were also named Zia in 2025 (7,190th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Zia than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Zia in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 188 girls in the US were given Zia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,092, up from #1,467 for this spelling alone.
- Zia 146
- Ziah 42
Zia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 146 | #1,467 |
| 2024 | 200 | #1,191 |
| 2023 | 183 | #1,255 |
| 2022 | 181 | #1,304 |
| 2021 | 152 | #1,419 |
| 2020 | 161 | #1,357 |
| 2019 | 192 | #1,218 |
| 2018 | 142 | #1,532 |
| 2017 | 119 | #1,761 |
| 2016 | 143 | #1,560 |
| 2015 | 130 | #1,643 |
| 2014 | 122 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 135 | #1,587 |
| 2012 | 129 | #1,651 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,840 |
| 2010 | 82 | #2,313 |
| 2009 | 95 | #2,119 |
| 2008 | 71 | #2,609 |
| 2007 | 99 | #2,059 |
| 2006 | 79 | #2,375 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,738 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,837 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,920 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,773 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Zia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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