Girls' name · since 1928
Zenita
Since 1928, U.S. Social Security records show 56 babies named Zenita, peaking in 1975. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,792 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1928
- 1970s
- peak decade
Zenita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 56 have been recorded since 1928.
Zenita has 56 recorded births among girls since 1928, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1928 to 1989.
- #33,792 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 56 born since 1928
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zenita ranks #33,792 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 1928, peaking in the 1970s.
- #33,792 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1928
- 1970s
- peak decade
Zenita's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zenita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zenita's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1928, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zenita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1989
- Peak year (1975)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Zenita by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (23 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Zenita's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Zenita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
23 births
- 1980s
1980s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 23 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Zenita's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (23 total births) through the 1980s (22) -- 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 Zenita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~61 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, 1928–1989 (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 Zenita 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.