Girls' name · since 1998

Zenya

Zenya has 193 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#20,218 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,390 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
193
born since 1998
2010s
peak decade

193 babies have been named Zenya since 1998, making it today's #11390 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zenya has been recorded 193 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #11390 nationally and more common than 34% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.

  • #20,218 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #11,390 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 193 born since 1998
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zenya ranks #20,218 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,390 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 193 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.

#20,218 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,390 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
193
born since 1998
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%34.1%
Zenya vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Zenya's 193 recorded births place it above 72.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

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

How Zenya compares

193 36th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

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

Zenya's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zenya Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 193 376 567,345
Peak-year births 16 21 19,840

Zenya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Zenya's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Zenya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2015)
16
Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
05101520 19982005200820122015201920222025 8

Zenya by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (79 births, 41% of the file).

2010s was Zenya's strongest decade.

79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.

Zenya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 79 births (41% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zenya?
Zenya has been given to 193 babies in the U.S. since 1998, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #20,218 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #11,390 of 17,297. 16 babies were born in 2015, its single highest year.
Where does Zenya sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zenya ranks #20,218 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,390 of 17,297 among girls' 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 Zenya most popular?
Zenya was most popular in the 2010s decade with 79 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Zenya been used?
Records for Zenya go back to 1998, giving 28 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Zenya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zena, Zenobia, Zendaya, Zenaida, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Zenya's data

  • Zenya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (79 total births) through the 2020s (54) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Zenya

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Zenya: 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, 1998–2025 (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 Zenya 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.