Zena is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1964 and has grown less common since.
Zena is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,457 for girl births in the United States (and #4,386 across all names), given to 73 babies. Zena was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1964 (222 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | 73 | #2,457 |
| 2024 | 82 | 82 | #2,281 |
| 2023 | 87 | 87 | #2,194 |
| 2022 | 90 | 90 | #2,141 |
| 2021 | 84 | 84 | #2,230 |
| 2020 | 83 | 83 | #2,195 |
| 2019 | 90 | 90 | #2,108 |
| 2018 | 74 | 74 | #2,437 |
| 2017 | 82 | 82 | #2,282 |
| 2016 | 50 | 50 | #3,279 |
| 2015 | 58 | 58 | #3,000 |
| 2014 | 56 | 56 | #3,040 |
| 2013 | 46 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2012 | 48 | 48 | #3,418 |
| 2011 | 40 | 40 | #3,838 |
| 2010 | 41 | 41 | #3,815 |
| 2009 | 33 | 33 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 39 | 39 | #4,085 |
| 2007 | 44 | 44 | #3,720 |
| 2006 | 33 | 33 | #4,460 |
| 2005 | 47 | 47 | #3,316 |
| 2004 | 40 | 40 | #3,688 |
| 2003 | 40 | 40 | #3,589 |
| 2002 | 45 | 45 | #3,195 |
| 2001 | 46 | 46 | #3,090 |
| 2000 | 44 | 44 | #3,168 |
| 1999 | 78 | 78 | #2,017 |
| 1998 | 88 | 88 | #1,788 |
| 1997 | 104 | — | #1,561 |
| 1996 | 127 | — | #1,342 |
| 1995 | 59 | — | #2,281 |
| 1994 | 71 | — | #1,997 |
| 1993 | 44 | — | #2,767 |
| 1992 | 52 | — | #2,487 |
| 1991 | 49 | — | #2,549 |
| 1990 | 63 | — | #2,100 |
| 1989 | 71 | — | #1,872 |
| 1988 | 33 | — | #3,094 |
| 1987 | 51 | — | #2,155 |
| 1986 | 44 | — | #2,343 |
| 1985 | 62 | — | #1,832 |
| 1984 | 38 | — | #2,513 |
| 1983 | 47 | — | #2,134 |
| 1982 | 58 | — | #1,872 |
| 1981 | 54 | — | #1,984 |
| 1980 | 51 | — | #2,068 |
| 1979 | 24 | — | #3,440 |
| 1978 | 28 | — | #2,938 |
| 1977 | 24 | — | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 36 | — | #2,333 |
| 1975 | 25 | — | #2,968 |
| 1974 | 32 | — | #2,432 |
| 1973 | 39 | — | #2,093 |
| 1972 | 39 | — | #2,056 |
| 1971 | 45 | — | #1,936 |
| 1970 | 51 | — | #1,780 |
| 1969 | 43 | — | #1,926 |
| 1968 | 63 | — | #1,434 |
| 1967 | 69 | — | #1,323 |
| 1966 | 104 | — | #1,016 |
| 1965 | 142 | — | #838 |
| 1964 | 222 | — | #691 |
| 1963 | 213 | — | #694 |
| 1962 | 70 | — | #1,331 |
| 1961 | 63 | — | #1,419 |
| 1960 | 52 | — | #1,560 |
| 1959 | 39 | — | #1,793 |
| 1958 | 26 | — | #2,259 |
| 1957 | 41 | — | #1,704 |
| 1956 | 30 | — | #2,004 |
| 1955 | 27 | — | #2,107 |
| 1954 | 23 | — | #2,294 |
| 1953 | 22 | — | #2,299 |
| 1952 | 20 | — | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 34 | — | #1,664 |
| 1950 | 21 | — | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 18 | — | #2,408 |
| 1948 | 29 | — | #1,777 |
| 1947 | 21 | — | #2,198 |
| 1946 | 12 | — | #3,032 |
| 1945 | 14 | — | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 23 | — | #1,806 |
| 1943 | 15 | — | #2,445 |
| 1942 | 35 | — | #1,386 |
| 1941 | 21 | — | #1,808 |
| 1940 | 19 | — | #1,899 |
| 1939 | 13 | — | #2,415 |
| 1938 | 16 | — | #2,111 |
| 1937 | 16 | — | #2,100 |
| 1936 | 20 | — | #1,740 |
| 1935 | 21 | — | #1,719 |
| 1934 | 24 | — | #1,555 |
| 1933 | 35 | — | #1,223 |
| 1932 | 31 | — | #1,345 |
| 1931 | 26 | — | #1,500 |
| 1930 | 27 | — | #1,534 |
| 1929 | 43 | — | #1,136 |
| 1928 | 27 | — | #1,587 |
| 1927 | 36 | — | #1,361 |
| 1926 | 41 | — | #1,219 |
| 1925 | 48 | — | #1,118 |
| 1924 | 39 | — | #1,300 |
| 1923 | 48 | — | #1,110 |
| 1922 | 43 | — | #1,188 |
| 1921 | 62 | — | #945 |
| 1920 | 45 | — | #1,131 |
| 1919 | 31 | — | #1,422 |
| 1918 | 53 | — | #998 |
| 1917 | 37 | — | #1,204 |
| 1916 | 46 | — | #1,025 |
| 1915 | 40 | — | #1,074 |
| 1914 | 35 | — | #1,022 |
| 1913 | 31 | — | #980 |
| 1912 | 27 | — | #1,002 |
| 1911 | 26 | — | #852 |
| 1910 | 21 | — | #969 |
| 1909 | 21 | — | #908 |
| 1908 | 13 | — | #1,202 |
| 1907 | 14 | — | #1,091 |
| 1906 | 19 | — | #870 |
| 1905 | 21 | — | #824 |
| 1904 | 15 | — | #964 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | #1,438 |
| 1902 | 11 | — | #1,132 |
| 1901 | 12 | — | #1,006 |
| 1900 | 21 | — | #832 |
| 1899 | 10 | — | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 18 | — | #819 |
| 1897 | 16 | — | #825 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | #1,211 |
| 1895 | 13 | — | #930 |
| 1894 | 14 | — | #848 |
| 1893 | 13 | — | #864 |
| 1892 | 16 | — | #761 |
| 1891 | 16 | — | #694 |
| 1890 | 8 | — | #1,095 |
| 1889 | 12 | — | #801 |
| 1888 | 8 | — | #1,034 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #1,145 |
| 1886 | 8 | — | #895 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | #684 |
| 1883 | 13 | — | #560 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #906 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | #827 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #736 |