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Zosia

Gender
Girl
Say it
ZOSH-a
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#2,856 for girls
US rank, 2025
#4,066 for girls

Zosia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “wisdom”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).

What does Zosia mean?

Greek: Polish pet form of Zofia

“wisdom”

The usual Polish pet form of Zofia, the Polish Sophia, from Greek sophia, wisdom.

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Is Zosia a girl's or a boy's name?

Zosia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Zosia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,856among girls
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 31,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 52% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Zosia, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 35 girls.

Half of all the girls named Zosia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.

2001Busiest: 35 in 20172025
Zosia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20259#2,856
20247#3,381
202313#2,185
202216#1,873
202120#1,605
202019#1,647
201919#1,651
201822#1,524
201735#1,079
201625#1,410
201527#1,317
201418#1,722
201313#2,174
20126#3,881
20113#6,007
20105#4,220
20090–
200815#1,840
20075#3,858
20067#2,940
20050–
20043#4,789
20030–
20024#3,556
20013#4,156

How popular is Zosia in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,066among girls
Babies in 2025
35about 1 in 46,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 57% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Zosia, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.

Half of all the girls named Zosia in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 44 in 20222025
Zosia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202535#4,066
202431#4,471
202333#4,274
202244#3,535
202128#4,715
202025#5,001
201919#6,172
201819#6,244
201725#5,189
201619#6,398
201517#6,974
201427#5,023
201324#5,484
201218#6,868
201116#7,432
20109#11,240
20099#11,454
200818#7,069
200714#8,516
200616#7,480
200511#9,447
200411#9,259
20038#11,319
20026#13,589
20010–
200010#9,156
19997#11,378
19986#12,420
19976#12,065

Names like Zosia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Zosia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zosia, updated 20 October 2026.