Zaneta
Zaneta is a name with multiple cultural origins: Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian, Polish.
- Czech
- Slovak
- Lithuanian
- Polish
Meaning & Origin of Zaneta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zaneta is a name with multiple cultural origins: Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian, Polish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Czech
- Slovak
- Lithuanian
- Polish
The Story of Zaneta
Zaneta first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1949, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1987: 45 births, good for #2,332 nationwide. About 33% of every Zaneta on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Zaneta last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 956 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Popularity by State
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About the name Zaneta
Zaneta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 956 births in the dataset. Zaneta's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #2,332. Use the chart and map above to compare Zaneta's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.