Zena

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Zena: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Zena: Recorded since 1982, it reached #456 in 1985, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#456highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1364
1997	#946
1998	#787
1999	#952
2000	#1033
2001	#816
2002	#1032
2003	#1176
2004	#1312
2005	#1200
2006	#1280
2007	#1296
2008	#1584
2009	#1365
2010	#1731
2011	#1807
2012	#1893
2013	#3160
2014	#3160
2015	#1711
2016	#1920
2017	#1911
2018	#1526
2019	#1703
2020	#2843
2021	#2499
2022	#2058
2023	#1959
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 6 of the 36 years from 1982 to 2017.

In 2017: #873 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1911 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1982–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1982
First recorded at #523 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1982 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1982–2017
Highest recorded position: #456 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1985 (recorded 1982–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Zena appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 487 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1982.

Zena across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Zena's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#523 (1982)	#456 (1985)	#873 (2017)	6 of 36	20 (1982–2017)	4 (1984)
England and Wales · Girls	#1364 (1996)	#787 (1998)	#3318 (2024)	29 of 29	487 (1996–2024)	29 (1998)

Zena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Zena in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	86	4 of 10	22
2000sbusiest	205	10 of 10	21
2010s	144	10 of 10	14
2020s	52	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Zena appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1982 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #456 in Republic of Ireland in 1985.

Zena's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1526	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1807	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1365	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1584	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1296	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1280	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1200	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1312	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1176	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1032	21	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#816	29	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1033	20	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#952	22	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#787	29	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#946	22	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1982 and 2024, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #456, first reached in 1985.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cloe · #457, 30y
Ishaan · #454, 28y
Shayan · #458, 30y
Blaise · #459, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Genna · #456, 14y
Julieann · #456, 11y
Cloe · #457, 30y
Stacie · #446, 22y

Zena was ranked #456 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1985. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Zena and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Zena without appearing here.

Zena moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1711 and #5730.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.
Carol Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1711 and #4103.
Pauline Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #2862 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1711 and #4103.

Moved ahead of Zena

Marilyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1541.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #1628.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1703 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Zena

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zena went from #1364 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zena went from #1364 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zena went from #1364 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zena went from #1364 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Zena

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zena went from #1364 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zena went from #1364 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zena went from #1364 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zena went from #1364 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1982 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #456 in Republic of Ireland in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zena

Zena at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zena across 2 official records

Zena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Zena across 2 official records

Zena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Zena appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Zena

Zena and the names beside it

Zena moved ahead of

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