Zenas — boys' name

What the Data Says About Zenas

The Social Security Administration has registered 442 babies named Zenas between 1885 and 2018, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zenas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zenas performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Zenas shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Zenas in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zenas 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 442 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.