Zenobia
#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births
- Peak · girls
- 1909 · 35 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,592since 1881
Zenobia over time
Rank among girls' names. Zenobia has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2024 | #4,387 | 32 |
| 2023 | #3,709 | 41 |
| 2022 | #4,295 | 33 |
| 2021 | #4,326 | 32 |
| 2020 | #3,338 | 46 |
| 2019 | #3,923 | 37 |
| 2018 | #3,614 | 42 |
| 2017 | #3,848 | 39 |
| 2016 | #3,326 | 48 |
| 2015 | #3,650 | 42 |
| 2014 | #3,041 | 55 |
| 2013 | #4,002 | 37 |
| 2012 | #3,213 | 51 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #4,761 | 31 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 |
| 2006 | #4,358 | 33 |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 |
| 1994 | #3,302 | 34 |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 |
| 1991 | #3,159 | 35 |
| 1990 | #2,523 | 47 |
| 1989 | #3,165 | 33 |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 |
| 1986 | #2,682 | 36 |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 |
| 1981 | #2,028 | 51 |
| 1980 | #2,940 | 30 |
| 1979 | #2,430 | 38 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 |
| 1975 | #1,877 | 48 |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1973 | #2,171 | 36 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 |
| 1970 | #2,017 | 41 |
| 1969 | #1,955 | 41 |
| 1968 | #2,164 | 31 |
| 1967 | #1,732 | 44 |
| 1966 | #1,736 | 42 |
| 1965 | #1,768 | 41 |
| 1964 | #1,867 | 40 |
| 1963 | #2,211 | 29 |
| 1962 | #2,357 | 26 |
| 1961 | #1,807 | 40 |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 |
| 1959 | #1,643 | 44 |
| 1958 | #1,733 | 39 |
| 1957 | #1,531 | 49 |
| 1956 | #1,637 | 42 |
| 1955 | #1,480 | 47 |
| 1954 | #1,702 | 36 |
| 1953 | #1,671 | 35 |
| 1952 | #1,523 | 40 |
| 1951 | #1,481 | 40 |
| 1950 | #1,250 | 54 |
| 1949 | #1,289 | 50 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 |
| 1947 | #1,488 | 40 |
| 1946 | #1,532 | 33 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,153 | 47 |
| 1941 | #1,569 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,242 | 35 |
| 1939 | #1,039 | 47 |
| 1938 | #1,219 | 36 |
| 1937 | #1,255 | 33 |
| 1936 | #1,267 | 32 |
| 1935 | #1,307 | 31 |
| 1934 | #1,481 | 25 |
| 1933 | #1,289 | 31 |
| 1932 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,052 | 49 |
| 1929 | #994 | 53 |
| 1928 | #1,271 | 36 |
| 1927 | #1,233 | 40 |
| 1926 | #1,220 | 40 |
| 1925 | #960 | 60 |
| 1924 | #1,069 | 53 |
| 1923 | #928 | 62 |
| 1922 | #997 | 56 |
| 1921 | #1,017 | 54 |
| 1920 | #1,152 | 43 |
| 1919 | #925 | 58 |
| 1918 | #1,041 | 48 |
| 1917 | #986 | 50 |
| 1916 | #1,026 | 45 |
| 1915 | #968 | 47 |
| 1914 | #942 | 39 |
| 1913 | #925 | 33 |
| 1912 | #820 | 37 |
| 1911 | #853 | 25 |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 |
| 1909 | #669 | 35 |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | #818 | 20 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | #849 | 17 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 |
| 1898 | #886 | 15 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 |
| 1892 | #830 | 13 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Zenobia is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#487 · 1 in 4,061
Best ever in a state: #248 in Louisiana, 1922.
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| South Carolina | #487 | 5 | 1 in 4,061 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Zenobia
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1909 at #669 (35 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1908–1915
- 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%)
- 10.8% of all girls named Zenobia (497) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 43 | #731 (1886) | #826 |
| 1890s | 93 | #830 (1892) | #1,018 |
| 1900s | 159 | #669 (1909) | #1,029 |
| 1910s | 401 | #820 (1912) | #948 |
| 1920s | 497 | #928 (1923) | #1,084 |
| 1930s | 342 | #1,039 (1939) | #1,266 |
| 1940s | 351 | #1,153 (1942) | #1,454 |
| 1950s | 426 | #1,250 (1950) | #1,565 |
| 1960s | 371 | #1,732 (1967) | #1,945 |
| 1970s | 368 | #1,877 (1975) | #2,285 |
| 1980s | 335 | #2,028 (1981) | #2,863 |
| 1990s | 335 | #2,523 (1990) | #3,416 |
| 2000s | 277 | #3,748 (2004) | #4,890 |
| 2010s | 392 | #3,041 (2014) | #4,119 |
| 2020s | 202 | #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 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 52,916 of them was named Zenobia, which outranked 73.6% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,126Telisa32
- #2,126Towana32
- #2,126Yalonda32
- #2,164Zenobia31
- #2,164Aleshia31
- #2,164Alica31
- #2,164Angele31
- #2,205Alene30
- #2,205Amparo30
- #2,205Bernetta30
Tied with 40 names at #2,164; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.