Zelena — #4067 US girls' name
384 babies named Zelena in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Zelena was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Zelena in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zelena
The Social Security Administration has registered 384 babies named Zelena between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zelena currently holds the #4067 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 39 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zelena performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 187 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Zelena shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Zelena in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zelena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 384 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Zelena at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Zelena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2018)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #4067 among girls.
384 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 39 births in a single year.
Zelena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 187 births that decade — 49% of Zelena's all-time total
Zelena decade highlights
- Peak decade 187 births
- Runner-up 146 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zelena's strongest decade
187 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Zelena by state
Where Zelena concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 5.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 13 | 3.4% |
21 of 384 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.5% of nationwide
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.