How Many People Are Named Zena?
people named Zena are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 78,589 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,986 babies named Zena in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
222 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Meaning unknown. It could be a variant of XENIA or a diminutive of names featuring this sound, such as ALEXINA, ROSINA or ZENOBIA. This name has occasionally been used since the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zena in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zena alive today is about 37 years old, and 43% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 59 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zena first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1964, to 222 babies. In 2025, 73 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zena has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #560, in 1883. In 2025 it ranked #2,457.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,457 |
| Best rank | #560 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,059 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zena alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zena were born in California than in any other state: about 468 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zena was given 3.2 times as often in New York, 2.1 times in California and 1.5 times in Florida.
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