Zena Girl
How popular is Zena?
#2,438 girl name in 2025
73 baby girls were named Zena in the US in 2025, making it the 2438th most popular girl name.
Zena popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,438 for girls (▼ 173 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 73 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,964 in 2015, #2,170 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1964 (222 girls) |
| Highest rank | #536 in 1883 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zena counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zena family of names ranked #1,517 for girls in 2025 (#1,587 the year before), with 103 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zena | 73 | 71% |
| Zenna | 12 | 12% |
| Zeanna | 6 | 6% |
| Zenai | 6 | 6% |
| Zenah | 6 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Zena is most popular
Babies named Zena per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nevada: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 girls)
Zena by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 77 | #536 |
| 1890s | 133 | #669 |
| 1900s | 155 | #797 |
| 1910s | 347 | #838 |
| 1920s | 432 | #942 |
| 1930s | 229 | #1,197 |
| 1940s | 207 | #1,367 |
| 1950s | 283 | #1,636 |
| 1960s | 1,041 | #689 |
| 1970s | 343 | #1,755 |
| 1980s | 509 | #1,808 |
| 1990s | 735 | #1,335 |
| 2000s | 411 | #3,042 |
| 2010s | 585 | #2,090 |
| 2020s | 499 | #2,123 |
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Questions
- Is Zena a boy or girl name?
- Zena is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zena were girls.
- How popular is the name Zena?
- 73 baby girls were named Zena in the US in 2025, making it the 2438th most popular girl name.
- When was Zena most popular?
- Zena peaked in 1964, when 222 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #536 in 1883.
- How many people are named Zena?
- 5,986 babies have been named Zena in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,399 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 36.
- Where is Zena most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zena was most common in Nevada, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.