Zeno

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Zeno is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 58 births. Its best rank was 686th, in 1902.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 580.00% of boys
Peak year: 202458 births
Best rank: #686in 1902
Since 1883: 1,438people given the name

Babies named Zeno, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

1,438 boys have been named Zeno in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 58 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 2010s alone account for 15%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Zeno
1880s	6
1890s	36
1900s	36
1910s	141
1920s	174
1930s	117
1940s	73
1950s	100
1960s	75
1970s	41
1980s	53
1990s	63
2000s	86
2010s	222
2020s	215

In 2024, its biggest year

Zeno was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Zeno

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.