Zenas
The Story of Zenas
The earliest SSA record of Zenas as a baby boy name dates back to 1885, when 6 babies received it. 1988 was its biggest year on record, with 21 newborns named Zenas — #2,682 in the national rankings. About 20% of every Zenas on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Zenas last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 442 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Zenas
Zenas is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1885 and has accumulated 442 births in the dataset. Zenas's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #2,682. Use the chart and map above to compare Zenas'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 .
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