By first letter
The best baby names starting with Z
72 names · 32 girls · 40 boys · records through 2025
The letter Z has its own personality on a birth certificate, and these names wear it best right now.
This guide has 72 names: 32 girl names and 40 boy names. Names beginning with Z inside the current national top-1500, ordered by today's rank. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.
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Every pick below is in confident current use — real ranks, no filler.
Girl names
32 names
- Zoe#31 today
- Zoey#69 today
- Zara#212 today
- Zuri#328 today
- Zariah#449 today
- Zahra#538 today
- Zariyah#645 today
- Zainab#807 today
- Zelda#832 today
- Zaniyah#833 today
- Zaylee#918 today
- Zaria#943 today
- Zyla#950 today
- Zora#968 today
- Zoya#1000 today
- Zayla#1008 today
- Zaira#1080 today
- Zendaya#1186 today
- Zhamira#1225 today
- Zoie#1261 today
- Zahara#1285 today
- Zinnia#1285 today
- Zaina#1309 today
- Zaya#1309 today
- Zamira#1318 today
- Zola#1334 today
- Zaliyah#1339 today
- Zarah#1427 today
- Zia#1467 today
- Zaynab#1484 today
- Zayna#1493 today
- Zhuri#1500 today
Boy names
40 names
- Zion#142 today
- Zayden#213 today
- Zachary#216 today
- Zayn#251 today
- Zyaire#317 today
- Zane#324 today
- Zander#396 today
- Zayne#473 today
- Zaire#503 today
- Zachariah#536 today
- Zakai#563 today
- Zain#567 today
- Zaiden#607 today
- Zayd#632 today
- Zaid#675 today
- Zahir#738 today
- Zyair#757 today
- Zamir#778 today
- Zeke#800 today
- Zechariah#855 today
- Zev#864 today
- Zymir#943 today
- Zyon#943 today
- Zayan#1015 today
- Zavier#1034 today
- Zakari#1060 today
- Zaylen#1069 today
- Zakariya#1128 today
- Zen#1141 today
- Zavian#1196 today
- Zephyr#1196 today
- Zaiel#1345 today
- Zeus#1347 today
- Zael#1376 today
- Zabdiel#1376 today
- Zack#1425 today
- Zephaniah#1451 today
- Zamari#1451 today
- Ziggy#1486 today
- Zeppelin#1499 today
Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.
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