Zena — #2262 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zena

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,911 babies named Zena between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zena currently holds the #2262 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 222 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zena performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,041 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Zena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 484 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Zena in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zena 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 5,911 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.