Boys' name · since 2023

Zenn

Since 2023, U.S. Social Security records show 18 babies named Zenn, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#29,930 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#13,564 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
18
born since 2023
2020s
peak decade

18 babies have been named Zenn since 2023, making it today's #13564 boys' name.

Zenn has 18 recorded births among boys since 2023, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13564 as of the latest data, more common than 3% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2023 to 2025.

  • #29,930 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #13,564 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 18 born since 2023
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zenn ranks #29,930 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,564 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 18 born since 2023, peaking in the 2020s.

#29,930 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#13,564 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
18
born since 2023
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%2.6%
Zenn vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Zenn's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Zenn compares

18 7th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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

Zenn's all-time total is 95% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zenn Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 18 369 358,536
Peak-year births 7 34 22,252

Zenn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Zenn's SSA record in two at 2024 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2025, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Zenn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
7
Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 202320242025 5

Zenn by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (18 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Zenn's strongest decade.

18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Zenn births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zenn?
Zenn has been given to 18 babies in the U.S. since 2023, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #29,930 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #13,564 of 13,930. 7 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
Where does Zenn sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zenn ranks #29,930 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,564 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zenn most popular?
Zenn was most popular in the 2020s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Zenn been used?
Zenn has been recorded in Social Security data since 2023, spanning 3 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Zenn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zen, Zeno, Zenon, Zenas, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Zenn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2023–2025 (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 Zenn 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.