Girls' name · since 1996
Zenah
21 babies named Zenah in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #45,752 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,857 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 1996
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zenah is the #13857 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 21 recorded since 1996.
Zenah has 21 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13857 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #45,752 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,857 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 21 born since 1996
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zenah ranks #45,752 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,857 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 21 born since 1996, peaking in the 1990s.
- #45,752 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,857 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 1996
- 1990s
- peak decade
Zenah's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zenah compares
21 8th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zenah's all-time total is 94% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zenah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 21 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zenah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zenah's full recorded timeline at 2017, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zenah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Zenah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (10 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Zenah's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Zenah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 10 births (48% of all-time use).
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What to do with Zenah's data
- Zenah's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zenah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Zenah 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.