How Many People Are Named Zhen?
people named Zhen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,972,042 people in the US has this name
Based on 116 babies named Zhen in Social Security records from 1995 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
21 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese 珍 (zhēn) meaning "precious, rare", 真 (zhēn) meaning "real, genuine", 贞 (zhēn) meaning "virtuous, chaste, loyal", or other Chinese characters which are pronounced similarly.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Zhen, 19% were girls and 81% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zhen alive today is about 7 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 9 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zhen first appears in the records in 1995 and was given most often in 2023, to 21 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1995 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zhen has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,880, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #11,989. Among girls, its best rank was #13,457, in 2024.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,989 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,880 (2023) | #13,457 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #8,200 in the 2020s | #23,415 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zhen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zhen were born in New York than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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