Zhi

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Zhi: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Zhi: Recorded since 1999, it reached #281 in 2002, and it stood at #4,991 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#281highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2018

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3970
2007	#1741
2008	#1914
2009	#1668
2010	#2843
2011	#2275
2012	#2338
2013	#2313
2014	#2464
2015	#3252
2016	#4763
2018	#5666

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 25 years from 1999 to 2023.

In 2009: #893 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1668 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1999–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Zhi appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 209 births with the name.

Zhi across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Zhi's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2943 (1999)	#1048 (2008)	#4991 (2023)	20 of 25	209 (1999–2023)	24 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#3970 (2005)	#1668 (2009)	#5666 (2018)	12 of 14	112 (2005–2018)	16 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#451 (2002)	#715 (2014)	2 of 13	6 (2002–2014)	3 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#665 (2008)	#665 (2008)	#893 (2009)	2 of 2	8 (2008–2009)	5 (2008)

Zhi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Zhi in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	107	8 of 10	13
2010s	96	10 of 10	10
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Zhi appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1999 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #281 in Northern Ireland in 2002.

Zhi's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1342	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1201	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1668	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1175	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1048	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1053	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1999 and 2023, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #281, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 3 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Zia · #556, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Anna-Rose · #281, 22y
Aimie · #282, 26y
Aveen · #282, 22y
Elvin · #282, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Anna-Rose · #281, 22y
Bradan · #281, 14y
Caoilte · #281, 9y
Daisie · #281, 29y

Zhi was ranked #281 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Zhi and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Zhi without appearing here.

Zhi moved ahead of

Dianne Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3970 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1741 and #4294.
Ellinor Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3970 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1914 and #3860.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2857 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1299 and #3208.
Sander Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3036 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1545 and #3385.

Moved ahead of Zhi

Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2512 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #1786.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2313 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2120.
Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2233.
Espen Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2512 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.

Moved the opposite way to Zhi

Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Zhi went from #2943 to #4991 while Albie went from #750 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Zhi went from #2943 to #4991 while Alfie went from #64 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Zhi went from #2943 to #4991 while Alfred went from #150 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Zhi went from #2943 to #4991 while Archie went from #108 to #13.

Moved the same way as Zhi

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Zhi went from #2943 to #4991 and Aaron from #36 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Zhi went from #2943 to #4991 and Adam from #21 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Zhi went from #2943 to #4991 and Alan from #232 to #464.
Alexander Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Zhi went from #2943 to #4991 and Alexander from #20 to #34.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1999 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #281 in Northern Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Zhi

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zhi across 4 official records

Zhi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zhi across 4 official records

Zhi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Zhi appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Zhi

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