girl's name

Zoja

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 154

Zoja is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in England and Wales in 2017, when 16 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in England and Wales.
  • Today about 1 in 87,827 babies in England and Wales is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 2008.

Zoja over time

Births per decade in England and Wales, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'00 '10 '20
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Births named Zoja by decade in England and Wales
Decade Births
2000s 3
2010s 67
2020s (to 2025) 35

How popular is Zoja?

In 2025, Zoja was given to 6 babies in England and Wales. It is a rare choice.

Where Zoja is used

Ireland #1,120 3 in 2025
England & Wales #4,197 6 in 2025
United States #17,283 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

Figures for England and Wales withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Zoja

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Zoja also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Zoja over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Zoja in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Zoey Zoia

Sibling names for Zoja

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Zoja — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Zoja

How popular is the name Zoja?

In 2025, Zoja was given to 6 babies in England and Wales. It is a rare choice.

Is Zoja a girl's or a boy's name?

Zoja is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Zoja most popular?

Zoja peaked in 2017, when 16 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Zoja a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Zoja currently ranks #1,120 in England and Wales. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.