# Zhi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zhi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 193 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 176 / 17 (9% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 321, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | 18,414 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20,556 |
| 2009 | 7 | 15,224 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 9 | 8,142 |
| 2005 | 7 | 10,143 |
| 2006 | 10 | 7,996 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,780 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9,863 |
| 2009 | 6 | 12,476 |
| 2010 | 6 | 12,221 |
| 2011 | 5 | 14,349 |
| 2014 | 10 | 8,125 |
| 2015 | 6 | 12,077 |
| 2016 | 5 | 14,196 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,685 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,752 |
| 2019 | 5 | 14,116 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12,337 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2007 | 14 | 1,741 |
| 2008 | 13 | 1,914 |
| 2009 | 16 | 1,668 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 12 | 1,545 |
| 2007 | 23 | 1,053 |
| 2008 | 24 | 1,048 |
| 2009 | 21 | 1,175 |
| 2010 | 21 | 1,201 |
| 2011 | 18 | 1,342 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Zhi

- Empress Lü Zhi, Empress Regent of the Han dynasty (241–180 BC)
- Wang Zhi, Chinese pirate
- Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Emperor of the Tang Dynasty (628-683) (r. 649-683)
- Tseng Kwong Chi, American photographer, born in Hong Kong (1950-1990)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.