girls:
348 births since 1989
#5368 (6th percentile)
overall:
348 births since 1989
#7391 (4th percentile)
The name Zelena is the #7,391 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 348 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 4.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,368 (6.1% percentile) for all time with 348 births since 1989.
Zelena first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (first recorded for girls in 1989). Birth data for Zelena is available in 20 out of the 35 years between 1989 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Zelena reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #927) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zelena ranks #925 for girls (2.3% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 73.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zelena".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Zelena. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.5% confident that Zelena is pronounced as zuh-LEE-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zeh-LEE-nuh, at 18.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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