Zinnia
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,285 for girls
Zinnia is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 1,285th for girls in the US (174 babies).
What does Zinnia mean?
English
A female given name from English from the flower
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zinnia a girl's or a boy's name?
Zinnia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 174 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zinnia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Zinnia, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zinnia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Zinnia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
How popular is Zinnia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,285th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 174 about 1 in 9,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 174 girls in the US were named Zinnia, making it the 1,285th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 177 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Zinnia in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zinnia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 174 | #1,285 |
| 2024 | 171 | #1,334 |
| 2023 | 177 | #1,292 |
| 2022 | 171 | #1,362 |
| 2021 | 158 | #1,384 |
| 2020 | 132 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 133 | #1,598 |
| 2018 | 147 | #1,488 |
| 2017 | 147 | #1,505 |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2015 | 120 | #1,743 |
| 2014 | 93 | #2,081 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,408 |
| 2012 | 54 | #3,093 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,359 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
Names like Zinnia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Amira, Aria, Khadija, Aaliyah, Ayla, Amara, Amaya, Ayra, Talia, Hafsa
Names related to Zinnia
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zinnia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zinnia, updated 20 October 2026.