How Many People Are Named Zenobia?
people named Zenobia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 120,559 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,592 babies named Zenobia in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
62 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "life of Zeus", derived from Greek Ζηνο (Zeno), a prefix form of the name of ZEUS, combined with βιος (bios) "life". This was the name of a 3rd-century queen of Palmyra. After claiming the title 'Queen of the East' and expanding her realm into Roman territory she was defeated by emperor Aurelian.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zenobia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zenobia alive today is about 42 years old, and 36% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 20 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zenobia first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1923, to 62 babies. In 2025, 18 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zenobia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #683, in 1909. In 2025 it ranked #6,540.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,540 |
| Best rank | #683 (1909) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,069 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zenobia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zenobia were born in New York than in any other state: about 242 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zenobia was given 8.2 times as often in Arkansas, 6.4 times in Louisiana and 3.1 times in New York.
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