NameTides

Zena

Zena was the #2,438 girls' name in the US in 2025 (73 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales.

Zena as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Zena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,438 (73)#2,605 (10)———
2024#2,265 (82)#3,319 (7)——#2,975 (6)
2023#2,176 (87)#1,959 (14)——#2,366 (8)
2022#2,123 (90)#2,058 (13)——#1,854 (11)
2021#2,212 (84)#2,499 (10)——#1,681 (13)
2020#2,170 (83)#2,843 (8)——#2,163 (9)
2019#2,090 (90)#1,703 (17)——#3,266 (5)
2018#2,419 (74)#1,526 (20)——#2,892 (6)
2017#2,268 (82)#1,911 (15)—#873 (3)#2,374 (8)
2016#3,229 (50)#1,920 (15)——#2,892 (6)
2015#2,964 (58)#1,711 (17)——#3,286 (5)
2014#3,005 (56)#3,160 (7)——#2,617 (7)
2013#3,404 (46)#3,160 (7)——#2,595 (7)
2012#3,364 (48)#1,893 (15)——#2,013 (10)
2011#3,781 (40)#1,807 (15)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1964 at #689.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 22,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zena is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zena by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,636TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Zena (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZenaCanadaGirls—too few
ZenaEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
ZenaIrelandGirls—too few
ZenaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ZenaScotlandGirls—too few
ZenaUSGirls#2,43873