Girls' name · since 1914
Zdenka
Since 1914, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Zdenka, peaking in 1916. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #49,377 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Zdenka since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Zdenka has 16 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1916.
- #49,377 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1914
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zdenka ranks #49,377 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1914, peaking in the 1910s.
- #49,377 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
Zdenka's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zdenka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zdenka's SSA record in two at 1915 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1916 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zdenka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1916
- Peak year (1916)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Zdenka by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (16 births, 100% of the file).
1910s was Zdenka's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Zdenka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zdenka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~2 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–1916 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zdenka draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.