Zona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZOH-nuh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Zona is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Zona mean?
Greek: perhaps from Latin zona 'belt, girdle', from Greek zone
Zona Gale, a Wisconsin novelist, was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, in 1921.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Zona a girl's or a boy's name?
Zona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Zona, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1916, with 107 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Zona than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Zona in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1945, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,148 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,245 |
| 1963 | 18 | #2,959 |
| 1962 | 27 | #2,311 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,060 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,233 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,259 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,807 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,692 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,555 |
| 1954 | 60 | #1,277 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,423 |
| 1952 | 41 | #1,504 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,554 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,432 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,408 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,385 |
| 1947 | 44 | #1,396 |
| 1946 | 63 | #1,070 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,373 |
| 1944 | 51 | #1,089 |
| 1943 | 63 | #996 |
| 1942 | 59 | #1,019 |
| 1941 | 57 | #970 |
| 1940 | 72 | #841 |
| 1939 | 95 | #698 |
| 1938 | 75 | #811 |
| 1937 | 84 | #741 |
| 1936 | 54 | #929 |
| 1935 | 71 | #805 |
| 1934 | 79 | #751 |
| 1933 | 74 | #764 |
| 1932 | 77 | #768 |
| 1931 | 79 | #750 |
| 1930 | 61 | #937 |
| 1929 | 80 | #779 |
| 1928 | 79 | #805 |
| 1927 | 70 | #893 |
| 1926 | 93 | #744 |
| 1925 | 78 | #841 |
| 1924 | 104 | #726 |
| 1923 | 74 | #852 |
| 1922 | 88 | #776 |
| 1921 | 88 | #779 |
| 1920 | 87 | #777 |
| 1919 | 83 | #771 |
| 1918 | 77 | #815 |
| 1917 | 95 | #708 |
| 1916 | 107 | #659 |
| 1915 | 92 | #689 |
| 1914 | 73 | #681 |
| 1913 | 64 | #645 |
| 1912 | 54 | #678 |
| 1911 | 51 | #594 |
| 1910 | 48 | #604 |
| 1909 | 39 | #624 |
| 1908 | 31 | #698 |
| 1907 | 39 | #588 |
| 1906 | 37 | #578 |
| 1905 | 24 | #734 |
| 1904 | 35 | #570 |
| 1903 | 41 | #496 |
| 1902 | 23 | #716 |
| 1901 | 31 | #547 |
| 1900 | 44 | #509 |
| 1899 | 31 | #537 |
| 1898 | 28 | #610 |
| 1897 | 28 | #567 |
| 1896 | 38 | #467 |
| 1895 | 38 | #471 |
| 1894 | 23 | #609 |
| 1893 | 15 | #767 |
| 1892 | 25 | #554 |
| 1891 | 14 | #727 |
| 1890 | 27 | #499 |
| 1889 | 29 | #454 |
| 1888 | 30 | #451 |
| 1887 | 28 | #412 |
| 1886 | 20 | #491 |
| 1885 | 14 | #576 |
| 1884 | 8 | #793 |
| 1883 | 11 | #579 |
| 1882 | 17 | #446 |
| 1881 | 9 | #582 |
| 1880 | 8 | #628 |
Names like Zona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lena, Leona, Georgia, Cora, Vera, Ada, Stella, Flora, Alma, Della, Lola, Eva
Names related to Zona
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Zona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zona, updated 20 October 2026.