Zhenya
Zhenya is a name with multiple cultural origins: Russian, Bulgarian.
- Russian
- Bulgarian
Meaning & Origin of Zhenya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zhenya is a name with multiple cultural origins: Russian, Bulgarian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
- Bulgarian
The Story of Zhenya
American parents first put Zhenya on the record books as a baby girl name in 2019, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 5 Zhenyas were born — ranking #15,532 that year. About 50% of every Zhenya on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Zhenya last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Zhenya
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Zhenya. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Zhenya
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About the name Zhenya
Zhenya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2019 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Zhenya's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #15,532. Use the chart and map above to compare Zhenya'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.