How Many People Are Named Zoa?
An estimated 252 people in the United States have the first name Zoa. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Zoa peaked in popularity in 2023 with 29 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Zoa as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Zoa paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
252
About 1 in 1,360,136 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2023
29 births
Total Registered
597
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Zoa
Zoa is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 597 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Zoa as a female name
Ranked #7,220 in 2024
16 female births in 2024
Peak: 2023 (29 births)
Zoa: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Zoa span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 97 babies were registered. Zoa remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Zoa by Decade
How has Zoa tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Zoa + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Zoa as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Zoa
Other first names starting with Z with a similar number of bearers.
Zoa: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Zoa?
We estimate approximately 252 people named Zoa are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,360,136 Americans share this first name.
Is Zoa a common name?
Zoa is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 597 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Zoa most popular?
Zoa reached peak popularity in 2023, when 29 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Zoa is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Zoa a female name?
Zoa is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Zoa Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Zoa Smith, Zoa Johnson, Zoa Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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