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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Zenaida

Zenaida was the 3576th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 43 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 1732nd; the most babies were born in 2023 (76). Over the last ten years it has moved up 410 places. More babies were named Zenaida in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#3,576 girls, down 436 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
43girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
202376 babies
Total since 1880
2,972babies recorded

Zenaida popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#3,57643
2020#3,14051
2010#4,60632
2000#3,52538
1990#3,52231
1980#2,48539
1970#2,35333
1960#2,57223
1950#3,05013
1940#3,8617
1930#4,0427
1920#4,3957
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Zenaida, counting every spelling?

Zenaida is the most common spelling of a name family that had 43 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 43 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Zenaida43#3,576294

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Zenaida?

43 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zenaida (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zenaida born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 195 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zenaida.

Chance of another Zenaida in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inCaliforniaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Zenaida?

About 2,600 people born in the US named Zenaida are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 15 and 52. That makes Zenaida mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Zenaida by state

How common Zenaida was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.6×), Texas (1.9×). In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesCA0.09Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.04New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesFL0.01
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Zenaida, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Zenaida: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Zenaida, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Zenaida

How popular is the name Zenaida?

Zenaida was the 3576th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 43 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 1732nd; the most babies were born in 2023 (76). Over the last ten years it has moved up 410 places. More babies were named Zenaida in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Zenaida a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Zenaida in the US.

Where is Zenaida most popular?

In 2021–2025, Zenaida was most common in California (0.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Arizona.