Girls' name · since 2015
Zendeya
57 babies named Zendeya in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,588 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 57
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zendeya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 57 recorded since 2015.
Social Security Administration records show Zendeya recorded 57 times among girls since 2015, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 2015 to 2023.
- #33,588 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 57 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zendeya ranks #33,588 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 57 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #33,588 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 57
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zendeya's 57 recorded births place it above 53.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zendeya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zendeya's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zendeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2023
- Peak year (2022)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Zendeya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (31 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Zendeya's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Zendeya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 31 births (54% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zendeya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~8 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, 2015–2023 (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 Zendeya 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.