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How popular is the name Zhi?
Births per year, rank history and how many Zhis are alive today.
Zhi (male), a spelling of Shai, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2023 (ranked 4992nd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2008, when 24 babies were given the name, the 1048th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Shai you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Shais born in England and Wales are between 11 and 21, and there are at least 660 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Shai - on average, only one in every 460 such rooms contains a Shai.
How many babies are named Zhi each year?
Includes all spellings: Zhi, Shai. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Zhi spelling rank?
Where does the Shai spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Zhi most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Shai, peaked in 2008, when 43 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Zhi spelling itself peaked in 2008, with 24 babies.
How many people are called Zhi?
At least 660 people named Zhi in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Zhi?
Most living Zhis are between 11 and 21; the most common age is about 17.
Is Zhi becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.