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Zenon

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Zenon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 19 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
190.00% of boys
Peak year
195423 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1910
1,261people given the name
Babies named Zenon, by year of birthboys
0613192518801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,261 boys have been named Zenon in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 23 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1972, and the 1950s alone account for 13%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Zenon
1910s113
1920s110
1930s68
1940s53
1950s168
1960s96
1970s86
1980s95
1990s117
2000s145
2010s139
2020s71

In 1954, its biggest year

Zenon was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1954 were Michael, Robert, James, John and David. See all of 1954.

Names that rose and fell with Zenon

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.