Zen

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 18% girls / 82% boys

Zen first appears in the U.S. data in 1969 and has been recorded in 38 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2022 with 255 babies (rank #907 that year). In 2024 it was given to 236 boys (rank #959). The name has been rising over the last five years.
3,080
Total babies (all years)
38
Years in the data
255
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19695#5,041
19806#6,243
19895#9,229
199010#5,379
19916#8,231
19927#7,417
199312#5,002
199410#5,865
199515#4,278
199617#4,020
199712#5,285
199832#2,650
199931#2,793
200032#2,863
200138#2,561
200236#2,684
200338#2,673
200451#2,282
200550#2,364
200651#2,448
200752#2,472
200874#1,946
200970#2,009
201060#2,211
201163#2,128
201256#2,324
201363#2,138
201488#1,728
201575#1,953
201674#1,973
201792#1,716
2018112#1,529
2019128#1,393
2020160#1,199
2021164#1,196
2022255#907
2023242#935
2024236#959