Rank 2025
#2,457
among girls · ↓176 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
73
named Zena · -11% vs 2024
How common
1 in 22,017
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1964
222 babies
All-time total
5,986
#2,287 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records
By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Zena is most popular
Girls named Zena per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.051 per 1,000.
Strongest in Nevada, New York, and North Carolina.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Zena born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Zena
Zena is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #2,457 in 2025 with 73 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.
Since 1880, 5,986 American babies have been named Zena. Its peak came in 1964, when 222 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1960s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Zena stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
