first name
ZENA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,465 people named Zena, 49.2% reported their origin as White, 30.5% as Black and 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Zena peaked in 1964, when 222 babies got the name.
At least 5,986 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Zena by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #1,378. The largest share of babies named Zena, 16.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Zena is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zena has been most common in New York (3.2×), California (2.5×), and Florida (1.7×), and least common in Georgia (0.77×).
1,973 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Zena
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zena, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Zena ranks #74,224 of 156,621, with 281 people. See Zena as a last name
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