girls:
73 births since 1982
#5643 (1st percentile)
overall:
73 births since 1982
#7666 (1st percentile)
The name Zenayda is the #7,666 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 73 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,643 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 73 births since 1982.
Zenayda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (first recorded for girls in 1982). Birth data for Zenayda is available in 11 out of the 42 years between 1982 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, Zenayda reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #940) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zenayda ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 52.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zenayda".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Zenayda. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.5% confident that Zenayda is pronounced as zeh-NAY-duh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zuh-NAY-duh, at 12.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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