Zenas
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · Last seen for boys in 2018 at #12,156
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 442since 1885
Zenas over time
Rank among boys' names. Zenas has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,748 | 16 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,682 | 21 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,070 | 13 | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
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| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
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| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,050 | 12 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
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| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Zenas! It came in at #836, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Zenas
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1885 at #836 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1885–1889
- Highest: 1 in 17,967 boys born in 1885 were named Zenas (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 363,232 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 20.4% of all boys named Zenas (90) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #836 (1885) | #905 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 7 | #1,050 (1900) | #1,050 |
| 1910s | 36 | #1,740 (1911) | #2,759 |
| 1920s | 62 | #2,725 (1926) | #3,329 |
| 1930s | 36 | #2,050 (1939) | #3,084 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,459 (1940) | #3,459 |
| 1950s | 18 | #3,066 (1951) | #3,504 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,404 (1969) | #4,404 |
| 1970s | 67 | #2,973 (1971) | #4,358 |
| 1980s | 82 | #2,682 (1988) | #4,338 |
| 1990s | 90 | #3,325 (1991) | #6,112 |
| 2000s | 13 | #7,536 (2001) | #10,045 |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,108 (2014) | #12,132 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Zenas in 1991
Top girls' names in 1991
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
girls
1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 375,001 of them was named Zenas, which outranked 15.0% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 112,240 of them was named Zenas, which outranked 65.5% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,224Webster19
- #3,224Wilfrido19
- #3,224Yuki19
- #3,325Zenas18
- #3,325Aaren18
- #3,325Ajani18
- #3,325Akim18
- #3,462Abbas17
- #3,462Abimael17
- #3,462Adrion17
Tied with 136 names at #3,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.