Zen
Rank in 2025
#3517
recorded as girls
#1141
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
228
girls 43 · boys 185
Peak year
2022
256 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
3,313
since 1969
Born a Zen? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Zen was most popular in 2022, when 256 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.15 per 1,000). In 2025, 185 babies were named Zen, ranking #1141 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 71%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | 3517 | 185 | 1141 |
| 2024 | 41 | 3695 | 238 | 955 |
| 2023 | 60 | 2823 | 242 | 935 |
| 2022 | 65 | 2661 | 256 | 905 |
| 2021 | 52 | 3112 | 166 | 1182 |
| 2020 | 48 | 3221 | 160 | 1196 |
| 2019 | 46 | 3388 | 128 | 1386 |
| 2018 | 30 | 4562 | 112 | 1521 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5338 | 92 | 1707 |
| 2016 | 25 | 5284 | 74 | 1959 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5653 | 75 | 1931 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9517 | 88 | 1714 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11000 | 63 | 2113 |
| 2012 | 15 | 7804 | 56 | 2292 |
| 2011 | 13 | 8614 | 63 | 2105 |
| 2010 | 13 | 8701 | 60 | 2187 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11459 | 70 | 1990 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12579 | 74 | 1932 |
| 2007 | 22 | 6093 | 52 | 2442 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15152 | 51 | 2398 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 50 | 2325 |
| 2004 | 10 | 9892 | 51 | 2238 |
| 2003 | 5 | 15784 | 38 | 2620 |
| 2002 | 6 | 13595 | 36 | 2632 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 38 | 2520 |
| 2000 | 6 | 13154 | 32 | 2805 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 31 | 2722 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14122 | 32 | 2599 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 12 | 4960 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 17 | 3830 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 15 | 4052 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 10 | 5452 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 12 | 4697 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 7 | 6670 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 6 | 7271 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 10 | 4993 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 5 | 7905 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 6 | 5525 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 5 | 4404 |
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Where Zen is most popular
- Georgia2.4×
- New York1.9×
- Florida1.8×
- California1.6×
- North Carolina1.6×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 18% · boys 82% across all years