# Zena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zena/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,986 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,986 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 497, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 3,838 |
| 2012 | 48 | 3,418 |
| 2013 | 46 | 3,463 |
| 2014 | 56 | 3,040 |
| 2015 | 58 | 3,000 |
| 2016 | 50 | 3,279 |
| 2017 | 82 | 2,282 |
| 2018 | 74 | 2,437 |
| 2019 | 90 | 2,108 |
| 2020 | 83 | 2,195 |
| 2021 | 84 | 2,230 |
| 2022 | 90 | 2,141 |
| 2023 | 87 | 2,194 |
| 2024 | 82 | 2,281 |
| 2025 | 73 | 2,457 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,920 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,526 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

## People named Zena

- Zena Marshall, British actress (1926–2009)
- Zena Cardman, American geobiologist and NASA astronaut
- Zena Keefe, American actress (1896–1976)
- Zena Dare, British actress and singer (1887-1975)
- Zena Walker, English actress (1934-2003)
- Zena Werb, German-born cell biologist
- Catherine Bearder, British politician and MEP

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.