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Girl name

Zoa

100% girls · 18 born in 2025

Zoa has been given to about 616 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2023, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables1
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 291
Median age today9 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Zoa per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2023 · 29
  • Born in 202518
  • All time616

How popular is Zoa?

Its best year was 2023, when 29 babies were given the name, ranking 4744th. The typical living American called Zoa is about 9 years old today.

Names that sound like Zoa

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Noa0.75
  2. Zora0.75
  3. Zola0.75
  4. Zoya0.75
  5. Zona0.75
  6. Sonya0.60
  7. Sonja0.60
  8. Zoe0.57

Middle names for Zoa

Ranked by flow score
  1. Zoa Noelle0.83
  2. Zoa Belle0.83
  3. Zoa Josephine0.80
  4. Zoa Violet0.79
  5. Zoa Della0.79
  6. Zoa Catherine0.77

Sibling names for Zoa

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Ambrosebrother · 0.77
  2. Soleither · 0.76
  3. Lettiesister · 0.74
  4. Hazielbrother · 0.74
  5. Evelinasister · 0.74
  6. Birdiesister · 0.74

Where Zoa is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Zoa Wilson0.75
    2. Zoa Williams0.75
    3. Zoa Turner0.75
    4. Zoa Torres0.75
    5. Zoa Thompson0.75
    6. Zoa Thomas0.75

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Zoa

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.