Girls' name · since 1987
Zelenia
26 babies named Zelenia in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #42,989 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zelenia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 26 have been recorded since 1987.
Zelenia has 26 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2024.
- #42,989 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 26 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zelenia ranks #42,989 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #42,989 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zelenia's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zelenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zelenia splits its recorded history at 2021: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zelenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2024
- Peak year (2018)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Zelenia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (13 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Zelenia's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Zelenia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 13 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zelenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1987–2024 (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 Zelenia 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.