Zeno
#2,516 for boys in 2025, 53 births
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,491since 1883
Zeno over time
Rank among boys' names. Zeno has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,516 | 53 |
| 2024 | #2,393 | 58 |
| 2023 | #2,575 | 51 |
| 2022 | #3,278 | 36 |
| 2021 | #3,121 | 38 |
| 2020 | #3,418 | 32 |
| 2019 | #3,571 | 31 |
| 2018 | #3,055 | 38 |
| 2017 | #4,224 | 24 |
| 2016 | #3,990 | 26 |
| 2015 | #4,179 | 24 |
| 2014 | #4,014 | 25 |
| 2013 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #5,067 | 18 |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #1,591 | 23 |
| 1921 | #1,829 | 19 |
| 1920 | #1,543 | 24 |
| 1919 | #1,752 | 19 |
| 1918 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #1,549 | 21 |
| 1915 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #651 | 12 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Zeno! It came in at #799, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Zeno is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#1,806 · 1 in 19,999
- California#2,284 · 1 in 37,281
Best ever in a state: #407 in North Carolina, 1922.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #1,806 | 5 | 1 in 19,999 |
| California | #2,284 | 6 | 1 in 37,281 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Zeno
- 123 spots since 2024 (#2,393 → #2,516)
- 902 spots since 2020 (#3,418 → #2,516)
- 1,663 spots since 2015 (#4,179 → #2,516)
- Biggest jump: 177 spots in 1894 (#907 → #730)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1902 at #651 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1893–1894
- Highest: 1 in 10,222 boys born in 1902 were named Zeno (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,228 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.0% of all boys named Zeno (268) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #799 (1883) | #799 |
| 1890s | 36 | #667 (1890) | #846 |
| 1900s | 36 | #651 (1902) | #1,103 |
| 1910s | 141 | #1,372 (1915) | #1,651 |
| 1920s | 174 | #1,543 (1920) | #1,977 |
| 1930s | 117 | #1,693 (1930) | #2,283 |
| 1940s | 73 | #2,169 (1947) | #2,754 |
| 1950s | 100 | #2,111 (1959) | #2,657 |
| 1960s | 75 | #2,504 (1962) | #3,288 |
| 1970s | 41 | #3,837 (1974) | #4,353 |
| 1980s | 53 | #4,234 (1982) | #5,661 |
| 1990s | 63 | #5,823 (1990) | #6,450 |
| 2000s | 86 | #5,067 (2008) | #8,557 |
| 2010s | 222 | #3,055 (2018) | #4,763 |
| 2020s | 268 | #2,393 (2024) | #2,884 |
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.
Zeno in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 72,990 of them was named Zeno, which outranked 71.9% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,883Zackariah27
- #3,883Zaylin27
- #3,883Zayvier27
- #3,990Zeno26
- #3,990Aarnav26
- #3,990Abrahm26
- #3,990Aedyn26
- #4,098Abdulahi25
- #4,098Abrahim25
- #4,098Adarius25
Tied with 107 names at #3,990; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.