Zenas
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · Last seen for boys in 2018 at #12,156
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 442since 1885
Zenas over time
Rank among boys' names. Zenas has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,748 | 16 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,682 | 21 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,070 | 13 | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
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| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
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| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
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| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,050 | 12 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
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| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Zenas! It came in at #836, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Zenas is popular in 1920
No state had 5 or more boys named Zenas in 1920, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Zenas
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1885 at #836 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1885–1889
- Highest: 1 in 17,967 boys born in 1885 were named Zenas (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 363,232 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 20.4% of all boys named Zenas (90) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #836 (1885) | #905 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 7 | #1,050 (1900) | #1,050 |
| 1910s | 36 | #1,740 (1911) | #2,759 |
| 1920s | 62 | #2,725 (1926) | #3,329 |
| 1930s | 36 | #2,050 (1939) | #3,084 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,459 (1940) | #3,459 |
| 1950s | 18 | #3,066 (1951) | #3,504 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,404 (1969) | #4,404 |
| 1970s | 67 | #2,973 (1971) | #4,358 |
| 1980s | 82 | #2,682 (1988) | #4,338 |
| 1990s | 90 | #3,325 (1991) | #6,112 |
| 2000s | 13 | #7,536 (2001) | #10,045 |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,108 (2014) | #12,132 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Zenas in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 177,393 of them was named Zenas, which outranked 23.5% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).