Girls' name · since 2005
Zeni
Zeni has 109 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,219 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,125 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 109
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zeni is the #16125 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 109 recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeni has been recorded 109 times among girls since 2005, currently ranked #16125 nationally and more common than 7% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #26,219 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,125 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 109 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeni ranks #26,219 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,125 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 109 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,219 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,125 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 109
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zeni's 109 recorded births place it above 63.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zeni compares
109 26th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zeni's all-time total is 71% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zeni | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 109 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zeni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zeni splits its recorded history at 2015: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zeni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Zeni by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (45 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Zeni's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Zeni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 45 births (41% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zeni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2005–2025 (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 Zeni 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.