How Many People Are Named Zenia?
An estimated 1,438 people in the United States have the first name Zenia. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 33 years old, and Zenia peaked in popularity in 1988 with 43 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Zenia as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Zenia paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,438
About 1 in 238,355 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
33
years old
Peak Year
1988
43 births
Total Registered
1,752
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Zenia
Zenia is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,752 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Zenia as a female name
Ranked #6,894 in 2024
17 female births in 2024
Peak: 1988 (43 births)
Zenia: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Zenia span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 14 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 289 babies were registered. While Zenia is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Zenia by Decade
How has Zenia tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Zenia by State
Birth registrations for Zenia span all 5 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Illinois, Florida, New York. On average, about 70 Zenias were registered per state.
Zenia + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Zenia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Zenia
Other first names starting with Z with a similar number of bearers.
Zenia: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Zenia?
We estimate approximately 1,438 people named Zenia are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 238,355 Americans share this first name.
Is Zenia a common name?
Zenia is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,752 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Zenia most popular?
Zenia reached peak popularity in 1988, when 43 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Zenia is approximately 33 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Zenia a female name?
Zenia is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Zenia Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Zenia Smith, Zenia Johnson, Zenia Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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