boys:
1.4k births since 1883
#3252 (29th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1883
#6365 (18th percentile)
The name Zeno is the #6,365 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,378 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 17.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,252 (29.0% percentile) for all time with 1,378 births since 1883.
Zeno first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (first recorded for boys in 1883). Birth data for Zeno is available in 115 out of the 141 years between 1883 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 boys, Zeno reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #866) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1902, with 90 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2008, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Zeno ranks #866 for boys (4.9% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 30.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zeno".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Zeno. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.8% confident that Zeno is pronounced as ZEE-noh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZEH-noh, at 18.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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