Zeno
Zeno was given to 53 boys in 2025, #2,537 among boys’ names; 1,491 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Zeno by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Zeno mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Zeno is “a male given name from Ancient Greek.”
Via Latin Zēnō, from Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), from Proto-Hellenic *dzéus, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Modern scientific and philosophical use derives from Zeno of Elea, poser of Zeno’s paradoxes.
/ˈziːnoʊ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Zeno?
#2,537 among boys’ names, 2025
Zeno rose from #4,291 in 2015 to #2,537 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 12.5 to 31.0 per million.
58 babies in 2024, the peak
Zeno peaked in 2024, when 58 boys were given it, #2,416 among boys’ names. The 53 births of 2025 are 91% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #2,537 | 31.0 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,416 | 33.7 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,612 | 29.8 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,338 | 20.6 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,177 | 21.7 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,493 | 18.5 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,631 | 17.3 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,102 | 20.9 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,325 | 13.0 |
| 2016 | 26 | #4,095 | 13.7 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 24 | #4,291 | 12.5 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,134 | 13.0 |
| 2013 | 14 | #6,229 | 7.4 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,991 | 7.9 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,569 | 6.8 |
| 2010 | 12 | #7,076 | 6.3 |
| 2009 | 7 | #10,971 | 3.5 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,242 | 8.8 |
| 2007 | 5 | #14,372 | 2.4 |
| 2006 | 11 | #7,416 | 5.4 |
| 2005 | 8 | #9,100 | 4.0 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,509 | 6.0 |
| 2003 | 5 | #12,745 | 2.5 |
| 2002 | 6 | #10,649 | 3.1 |
| 2001 | 8 | #8,325 | 4.1 |
| 2000 | 6 | #10,334 | 3.1 |
| 1998 | 10 | #6,302 | 5.2 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,608 | 4.8 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,960 | 3.7 |
| 1995 | 7 | #7,784 | 3.7 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,957 | 4.1 |
| 1993 | 7 | #7,629 | 3.6 |
| 1991 | 7 | #7,257 | 3.5 |
| 1990 | 8 | #6,406 | 3.9 |
| 1989 | 5 | #9,223 | 2.5 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,942 | 3.2 |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,712 | 3.3 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,690 | 4.9 |
| 1984 | 5 | #7,335 | 2.8 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,588 | 5.0 |
| 1981 | 7 | #5,465 | 3.9 |
| 1980 | 6 | #6,242 | 3.4 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,576 | 4.9 |
| 1976 | 6 | #5,581 | 3.8 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,793 | 4.5 |
| 1974 | 8 | #4,185 | 5.1 |
| 1972 | 7 | #4,435 | 4.3 |
| 1971 | 5 | #5,651 | 2.8 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,593 | 4.5 |
| 1968 | 6 | #4,133 | 3.5 |
| 1967 | 5 | #4,547 | 2.9 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,983 | 5.0 |
| 1965 | 8 | #3,242 | 4.3 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,592 | 2.5 |
| 1963 | 9 | #3,042 | 4.4 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,671 | 5.3 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,353 | 3.8 |
| 1960 | 6 | #4,035 | 2.8 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,198 | 7.0 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,816 | 4.7 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,255 | 3.7 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,796 | 4.7 |
| 1955 | 8 | #3,199 | 3.9 |
| 1954 | 8 | #3,173 | 3.9 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,707 | 5.1 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,249 | 6.7 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,365 | 6.4 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,678 | 3.4 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,017 | 4.5 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,249 | 7.1 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,169 | 4.3 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,994 | 5.2 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,906 | 3.7 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,961 | 5.6 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,210 | 5.1 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,131 | 5.7 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,321 | 9.5 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,447 | 9.0 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,325 | 9.9 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,478 | 9.4 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,450 | 9.6 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,836 | 15.4 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,676 | 5.8 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,996 | 14.1 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,099 | 13.4 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,388 | 6.7 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,752 | 17.3 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,094 | 13.9 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,900 | 16.3 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,407 | 11.5 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,660 | 19.8 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,189 | 13.4 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,131 | 14.1 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,172 | 8.2 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,643 | 21.1 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,902 | 17.3 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,591 | 22.5 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,809 | 19.4 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,537 | 23.7 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,421 | 13.0 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,592 | 23.6 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,407 | 28.3 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,770 | 21.4 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,800 | 21.5 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,744 | 23.3 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,586 | 30.9 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,582 | 32.4 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,548 | 34.1 |
| 1905 | 9 | #917 | 68.0 |
| 1902 | 12 | #685 | 97.8 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,504 | 33.2 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,055 | 53.2 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,099 | 50.2 |
| 1894 | 9 | #785 | 77.7 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,032 | 53.4 |
| 1890 | 9 | #738 | 81.1 |
| 1883 | 6 | #890 | 57.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Zeno a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Zeno has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 117 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Zeno: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Zeno, and how old are they?
An estimated 891 Americans named Zeno and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 5 and 44. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 745 people named Zeno (9 women and girls, 736 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 685 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 2,767 babies since 1880, Zeno is the most given (54% of them). In 2025 it was given to 53 of their 68 babies (78%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Zeno
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Zeno and names like it
- Compare Zeno and ZenonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sZeno peaked in 2024.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Zeno since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Zeno: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Zeno.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Zeno alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with ZMost given first.