Girls' name · since 1999
Zene
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Zene, peaking in 1999. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #50,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1999
- 1990s
- peak decade
Zene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 15 recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zene has been recorded 15 times among girls since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2014.
- #50,370 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1999
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zene ranks #50,370 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1999, peaking in the 1990s.
- #50,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1999
- 1990s
- peak decade
Zene's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zene's full recorded timeline at 2001, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births.
Zene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2014
- Peak year (1999)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Zene by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (5 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Zene's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Zene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 5 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Zene's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1999–2014 (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 Zene 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.