Zenas
Zenas was last recorded in 2018, when 5 babies were given it; 447 Americans have been recorded with it between 1885 and 2018 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Zenas by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Zenas?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #14,082, in 2018; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
23 babies in 1991, the peak
Zenas peaked in 1991, when 23 babies were given it (18 boys, #3,453 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #14,082 | 2.8 |
| 2014 | 5 | #14,048 | 2.6 |
| 2008 | 5 | #14,591 | 2.5 |
| 2001 | 8 | #8,324 | 4.1 |
| 1999 | 9 | #7,129 | 4.7 |
| 1998 | 10 | #6,301 | 5.2 |
| 1997 | 5 | #10,801 | 2.7 |
| 1996 | 5 | #10,521 | 2.6 |
| 1994 | 9 | #6,361 | 4.7 |
| 1993 | 11 | #5,351 | 5.6 |
Every recorded year (55)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 16 | #3,911 | 8.0 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,453 | 8.9 |
| 1990 | 7 | #7,170 | 3.4 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,802 | 7.5 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,759 | 11.0 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,833 | 10.2 |
| 1985 | 8 | #5,141 | 4.3 |
| 1983 | 5 | #7,339 | 2.8 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,505 | 5.0 |
| 1980 | 5 | #7,289 | 2.8 |
| 1979 | 6 | #6,050 | 3.5 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,213 | 7.9 |
| 1976 | 5 | #6,493 | 3.2 |
| 1975 | 5 | #6,333 | 3.2 |
| 1974 | 5 | #6,002 | 3.2 |
| 1973 | 8 | #4,051 | 5.1 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,960 | 4.9 |
| 1971 | 11 | #3,142 | 6.2 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,720 | 3.2 |
| 1969 | 5 | #5,039 | 2.8 |
| 1956 | 5 | #4,452 | 2.4 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,883 | 2.9 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,362 | 3.7 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,936 | 4.3 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,158 | 10.8 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,145 | 6.7 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,144 | 4.8 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,281 | 4.8 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,387 | 6.7 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,693 | 6.3 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,901 | 9.0 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,152 | 8.1 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,864 | 6.2 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,946 | 9.1 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,962 | 4.6 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,515 | 7.3 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,283 | 5.6 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,874 | 10.2 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,812 | 4.9 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,540 | 12.4 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,259 | 9.8 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,997 | 22.1 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,160 | 46.5 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,110 | 45.2 |
| 1885 | 6 | #933 | 55.7 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Zenas a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 447 Americans recorded as Zenas, 1% are girls and 99% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Zenas: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Zenas, and how old are they?
An estimated 275 Americans named Zenas and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 38 years old and half are between 33 and 48. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 365 people named Zenas (31 women and girls, 334 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 290 born in the U.S. The Census count is 26% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
More about Zenas and names like it
- The most given names of the 1990sZenas peaked in 1991.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Zenas since 1910.
- The top names of 1991The year the most babies were named Zenas.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Zenas alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with ZMost given first.