Zena

#2,438 for girls in 2025, 73 births

Peak · girls
#536
1883 · 13 births
Debut · girls
1880
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,986
since 1880

Zena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zena has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #536, 1883girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,43873
2024#2,26582
2023#2,17687
2022#2,12390
2021#2,21284
2020#2,17083
2019#2,09090
2018#2,41974
2017#2,26882
2016#3,22950
2015#2,96458
2014#3,00556
2013#3,40446
2012#3,36448
2011#3,78140
2010#3,74541
2009#4,48233
2008#4,00639
2007#3,65344
2006#4,35833
2005#3,25747
2004#3,63140
2003#3,53240
2002#3,14645
2001#3,04646
2000#3,12144
1999#1,99978
1998#1,77488
1997#1,552104
1996#1,337127
1995#2,24459
1994#1,97271
1993#2,72544
1992#2,45952
1991#2,51949
1990#2,08163
1989#1,85171
1988#3,03933
1987#2,12951
1986#2,30044
1985#1,80962
1984#2,47038
1983#2,09747
1982#1,85058
1981#1,95854
1980#2,04351
1979#3,33324
1978#2,85928
1977#3,17624
1976#2,29236
1975#2,88125
1974#2,39632
1973#2,06439
1972#2,02239
1971#1,90645
1970#1,75551
1969#1,89743
1968#1,41863
1967#1,31669
1966#1,011104
1965#835142
1964#689222
1963#692213
1962#1,32370
1961#1,40663
1960#1,54252
1959#1,76539
1958#2,20926
1957#1,68141
1956#1,96830
1955#2,06327
1954#2,24023
1953#2,23622
1952#2,32720
1951#1,63734
1950#2,12121
1949#2,34018
1948#1,73929
1947#2,14621
1946#2,88012
1945#2,33914
1944#1,74223
1943#2,35215
1942#1,36735
1941#1,75021
1940#1,84519
1939#2,30013
1938#2,02116
1937#1,99916
1936#1,69120
1935#1,66321
1934#1,51824
1933#1,19735
1932#1,32031
1931#1,45926
1930#1,49927
1929#1,11943
1928#1,54127
1927#1,33136
1926#1,19841
1925#1,10148
1924#1,27939
1923#1,10148
1922#1,16843
1921#94262
1920#1,11945
1919#1,39331
1918#98953
1917#1,18337
1916#1,01346
1915#1,05540
1914#1,00335
1913#96131
1912#97827
1911#83826
1910#94121
1909#89021
1908#1,13513
1907#1,03714
1906#84519
1905#79721
1904#93815
1903#1,3188
1902#1,07511
1901#96112
1900#80321
1899#1,03410
1898#79018
1897#78616
1896#1,1229
1895#89313
1894#81214
1893#82613
1892#72616
1891#66916
1890#1,0068
1889#75712
1888#9598
1887#1,0366
1886#8288
1885—
1884#64011
1883#53613
1882#8136
1881#7406
1880#6797
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Zena was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Zena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 173 spots since 2024 (#2,265 → #2,438)
  • 268 spots since 2020 (#2,170 → #2,438)
  • 526 spots since 2015 (#2,964 → #2,438)
  • Biggest jump: 631 spots in 1963 (#1,323 → #692)
  • Biggest drop: 404 spots in 1919 (#989 → #1,393)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #536 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1880–1884
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,535
  • Highest: 1 in 8,535 girls born in 1964 were named Zena (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 22,017 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #536 in 1883, was only 1 in 8,640 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 17.4% of all girls named Zena (1,041) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s77#536 (1883)#776
1890s133#669 (1891)#866
1900s155#797 (1905)#980
1910s347#838 (1911)#1,035
1920s432#942 (1921)#1,190
1930s229#1,197 (1933)#1,667
1940s207#1,367 (1942)#2,050
1950s283#1,637 (1951)#2,025
1960s1,041#689 (1964)#1,213
1970s343#1,755 (1970)#2,468
1980s509#1,809 (1985)#2,155
1990s735#1,337 (1996)#2,066
2000s411#3,046 (2001)#3,623
2010s585#2,090 (2019)#3,027
2020s499#2,123 (2022)#2,231

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Zena in 1956

girls
#1,968
30 births · 1 in 66,923 girls

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #1,968Zena30
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 66,923 of them was named Zena, which outranked 71.4% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zena
  1. #1,931Tommy31
  2. #1,931Tona31
  3. #1,931Tonette31
  4. #1,968Zena30
  5. #1,968Ardell30
  6. #1,968Ardella30
  7. #1,968Arletha30
  8. #2,005Alba29
  9. #2,005Amparo29
  10. #2,005Conchita29

Tied with 36 names at #1,968; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 993Sheena#1,839 → #846
  2. ↑ 770Glendora#1,733 → #963
  3. ↑ 684Leesa#1,209 → #525
  4. ↑ 543Marisa#1,074 → #531
  5. ↑ 537Dani#1,383 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Sheilah#663 → #1,176
  2. ↓ 481Jeryl#768 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 344Jacalyn#496 → #840
  4. ↓ 325Roni#536 → #861
  5. ↓ 314Florine#984 → #1,298

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1956 →