Zenda — girls' name
324 babies named Zenda in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Zenda was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Zenda in 1953 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zenda
The Social Security Administration has registered 324 babies named Zenda between 1914 and 1997, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zenda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zenda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Zenda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zenda 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 324 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.
Zenda at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1914
- Peak year (1953)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
324 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1953 with 22 births in a single year.
Zenda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 116 births that decade — 36% of Zenda's all-time total
Zenda decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Zenda's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.