Zenon
Zenon was the 6138th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 1588th; the most babies were born in 1954 (23). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,893 places. More babies were named Zenon in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,138 boys, down 164 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 15boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 195423 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,276babies recorded
Zenon popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,138 | 15 |
| 2020 | #5,974 | 15 |
| 2010 | #5,736 | 16 |
| 2000 | #3,762 | 22 |
| 1990 | #5,818 | 9 |
| 1980 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,834 | 8 |
| 1960 | #1,972 | 18 |
| 1950 | #3,020 | 8 |
| 1940 | #3,129 | 7 |
| 1930 | #3,020 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,457 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,588 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Zenon, counting every spelling?
Zenon is the most common spelling of a name family that had 15 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 15 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zenon | 15 | #6,138 | 71 |
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 Zenon?
15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zenon (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Zenon 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 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zenon.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zenon?
About 900 people born in the US named Zenon are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 16 and 57. That makes Zenon mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Zenon: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Zenon, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Zenon
How popular is the name Zenon?
Zenon was the 6138th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 1588th; the most babies were born in 1954 (23). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,893 places. More babies were named Zenon in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Zenon a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Zenon in the US.