Zenobia — #4462 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zenobia

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,573 babies named Zenobia between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zenobia currently holds the #4462 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 62 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zenobia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 497 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Zenobia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 256 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Zenobia in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zenobia 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 4,573 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.