Zhi
Zhi is a name with a single cultural origin: Chinese.
- Chinese
Meaning & Origin of Zhi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zhi is a name with a single cultural origin: Chinese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Chinese
The Story of Zhi
As a girl name
Zhi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2003, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2009: 7 births, good for #13,701 nationwide. Zhi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Zhi on the record books as a boy name in 1988, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 19 Zhis were born — ranking #4,120 that year. About 53% of every Zhi on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Zhi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 176 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Zhi
Zhi is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 176 births in the dataset. Zhi's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #4,120. Use the chart and map above to compare Zhi's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.