Zeniah — #8693 US girls' name
338 babies named Zeniah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Zeniah was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Zeniah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zeniah
The Social Security Administration has registered 338 babies named Zeniah between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zeniah currently holds the #8693 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zeniah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zeniah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zeniah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zeniah 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 338 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.
Zeniah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zeniah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2009)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #8693 among girls.
338 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 26 births in a single year.
Zeniah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 143 births that decade — 42% of Zeniah's all-time total
Zeniah decade highlights
- Peak decade 143 births
- Runner-up 130 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Zeniah's strongest decade
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Zeniah by state
Where Zeniah concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 338 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2000–2024 (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.