Zenobia

#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births

Peak · girls
#669
1909 · 35 births
Debut · girls
1881
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,592
since 1881

Zenobia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zenobia has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #669, 1909girls
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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#6,32518
2024#4,38732
2023#3,70941
2022#4,29533
2021#4,32632
2020#3,33846
2019#3,92337
2018#3,61442
2017#3,84839
2016#3,32648
2015#3,65042
2014#3,04155
2013#4,00237
2012#3,21351
2011#5,93522
2010#6,64119
2009#7,06618
2008#4,76131
2007#5,23027
2006#4,35833
2005#5,11325
2004#3,74838
2003#5,58621
2002#4,28029
2001#4,10730
2000#4,64925
1999#3,97029
1998#4,02328
1997#3,44833
1996#3,50532
1995#3,35733
1994#3,30234
1993#3,29034
1992#3,58130
1991#3,15935
1990#2,52347
1989#3,16533
1988#3,09532
1987#3,03131
1986#2,68236
1985#2,86032
1984#2,78132
1983#3,34024
1982#2,70434
1981#2,02851
1980#2,94030
1979#2,43038
1978#2,80129
1977#2,66631
1976#2,09941
1975#1,87748
1974#2,55629
1973#2,17136
1972#2,17335
1971#2,06440
1970#2,01741
1969#1,95541
1968#2,16431
1967#1,73244
1966#1,73642
1965#1,76841
1964#1,86740
1963#2,21129
1962#2,35726
1961#1,80740
1960#1,85537
1959#1,64344
1958#1,73339
1957#1,53149
1956#1,63742
1955#1,48047
1954#1,70236
1953#1,67135
1952#1,52340
1951#1,48140
1950#1,25054
1949#1,28950
1948#1,54836
1947#1,48840
1946#1,53233
1945#1,82521
1944#1,40133
1943#1,49231
1942#1,15347
1941#1,56925
1940#1,24235
1939#1,03947
1938#1,21936
1937#1,25533
1936#1,26732
1935#1,30731
1934#1,48125
1933#1,28931
1932#1,29332
1931#1,45926
1930#1,05249
1929#99453
1928#1,27136
1927#1,23340
1926#1,22040
1925#96060
1924#1,06953
1923#92862
1922#99756
1921#1,01754
1920#1,15243
1919#92558
1918#1,04148
1917#98650
1916#1,02645
1915#96847
1914#94239
1913#92533
1912#82037
1911#85325
1910#99719
1909#66935
1908#76825
1907#1,28910
1906#81820
1905#96815
1904#1,09211
1903#1,4407
1902#84917
1901#1,2278
1900#1,17111
1899#98311
1898#88615
1897#1,3856
1896#99911
1895#1,1239
1894#1,0619
1893#95510
1892#83013
1891—
1890#9409
1889#9029
1888—
1887—
1886#73110
1885#9216
1884—
1883#9205
1882#7407
1881#7406
1880—
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Zenobia! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Zenobia
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,938 spots since 2024 (#4,387 → #6,325)
  • 2,987 spots since 2020 (#3,338 → #6,325)
  • 2,675 spots since 2015 (#3,650 → #6,325)
  • Biggest jump: 521 spots in 1908 (#1,289 → #768)
  • Biggest drop: 591 spots in 1903 (#849 → #1,440)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1909 at #669 (35 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1908–1915
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,921
  • Highest: 1 in 9,921 girls born in 1909 were named Zenobia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,293 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 10.8% of all girls named Zenobia (497) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s43#731 (1886)#826
1890s93#830 (1892)#1,018
1900s159#669 (1909)#1,029
1910s401#820 (1912)#948
1920s497#928 (1923)#1,084
1930s342#1,039 (1939)#1,266
1940s351#1,153 (1942)#1,454
1950s426#1,250 (1950)#1,565
1960s371#1,732 (1967)#1,945
1970s368#1,877 (1975)#2,285
1980s335#2,028 (1981)#2,863
1990s335#2,523 (1990)#3,416
2000s277#3,748 (2004)#4,890
2010s392#3,041 (2014)#4,119
2020s202#3,338 (2020)#4,397

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.

Zenobia in 1956

girls
#1,637
42 births · 1 in 47,802 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. #1,637Zenobia42
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 47,802 of them was named Zenobia, which outranked 76.2% 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 Zenobia
  1. #1,617Tereasa43
  2. #1,617Vannessa43
  3. #1,617Wenda43
  4. #1,637Zenobia42
  5. #1,637Adell42
  6. #1,637Ardith42
  7. #1,637Corlis42
  8. #1,662Amie41
  9. #1,662Bertie41
  10. #1,662Dorthea41

Tied with 24 names at #1,637; 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 →