Zi

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Zi: Recorded since 2002, it reached #518 in 2005, and it stood at #4,789 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#518highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#2802
2005	#2970
2006	#1983
2007	#2085
2008	#937
2009	#1171
2010	#1150
2011	#1545
2012	#1428
2013	#1639
2014	#1798
2015	#2195
2016	#1749
2017	#2925
2019	#4686
2020	#4535
2022	#5669

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 19 of the 21 years from 2002 to 2022.

In 2016: #868 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1749 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2002–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3225 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #5669 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Zi appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 2002, and has registered 252 births with the name.

Zi across 3 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.

Zi'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	#3225 (2002)	#832 (2010)	#4789 (2022)	19 of 21	252 (2002–2022)	35 (2010)
England and Wales · Girls	#2802 (2004)	#937 (2008)	#5669 (2022)	17 of 19	245 (2004–2022)	34 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#689 (2005)	#665 (2008)	#868 (2016)	3 of 12	11 (2005–2016)	5 (2008)

Zi 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 Zi in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	90	7 of 10	13
2010sbusiest	155	10 of 10	16
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Zi 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 2 regions, from 2002 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #518 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Zi'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1428	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1191	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1150	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#832	35	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1171	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#937	34	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1053	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 2002 and 2022, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #518, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

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 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Andrey · #518, 24y
Faustas · #518, 14y
Janie · #518, 22y
Oluwatomiwa · #518, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Andrey · #518, 24y
Faustas · #518, 14y
Miracle · #518, 25y
Tola · #518, 17y

Zi was ranked #518 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2005. 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.

Zi 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 Zi without appearing here.

Zi moved ahead of

Dianne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2970 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1983 and #5061.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2578 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1643 and #4052.
Helene Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2970 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1983 and #4157.
Kristin Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2085 and #1741 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #937 and #2721.

Moved ahead of Zi

Teddy Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2925 and #3229 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #1854.
Meabh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2925 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #2040.
Linnea Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2925 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #2643.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.

Moved the opposite way to Zi

Albie Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Zi went from #3225 to #4789 while Albie went from #722 to #29.
Alfie Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Zi went from #3225 to #4789 while Alfie went from #49 to #17.
Alfred Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Zi went from #3225 to #4789 while Alfred went from #142 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Zi went from #3225 to #4789 while Archie went from #55 to #11.

Moved the same way as Zi

Aaron Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Zi went from #3225 to #4789 and Aaron from #36 to #135.
Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Zi went from #3225 to #4789 and Adam from #17 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Zi went from #3225 to #4789 and Alan from #239 to #472.
Alexander Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Zi went from #3225 to #4789 and Alexander from #19 to #28.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
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 2 regions, from 2002 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #518 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Zi

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Popularity journey

Zi across 3 official records

Zi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zi across 3 official records

Zi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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