Girls' name · since 2005
Zenai
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 26 babies named Zenai, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #42,990 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,169 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 26
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zenai currently ranks #14169 among girls' names in America, with 26 babies recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Zenai recorded 26 times among girls since 2005, holding rank #14169 nationally today, ahead of 18% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #42,990 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,169 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 26 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zenai ranks #42,990 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,169 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 26 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #42,990 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,169 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 26
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zenai'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.
How Zenai compares
26 10th 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
Zenai's all-time total is 93% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zenai | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 26 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zenai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zenai's full recorded timeline at 2017, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, 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.
Zenai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Zenai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Zenai's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Zenai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (42% of all-time use).
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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, 2005–2025 (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 Zenai 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.