Data through 2025

Zen name popularity in the United States

Zen ranked #1141 for boys in 2025. SSA recorded 185 boys named Zen.

Rank#1141

for boys in 2025

Boys recorded185

SSA

Peak year2022

256 recorded

Five-year change+15.6%

since 2020

Popularity over time

Zen for boys and girls

Girls

43

18.9% in 2025 · data from 1998 to 2025

Boys

185

81.1% in 2025 · data from 1969 to 2025

Zen in other countries and regions

Recent year-by-year data

The latest published years are shown first.

YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys185#1141
2025girls43#3517
2024boys238#955
2024girls41#3695
2023boys242#935
2023girls60#2823
2022boys256#905
2022girls65#2661
2021boys166#1182
2021girls52#3112
2020boys160#1196
2020girls48#3221
Show full history (64 rows)
YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys185#1141
2025girls43#3517
2024boys238#955
2024girls41#3695
2023boys242#935
2023girls60#2823
2022boys256#905
2022girls65#2661
2021boys166#1182
2021girls52#3112
2020boys160#1196
2020girls48#3221
2019boys128#1386
2019girls46#3388
2018boys112#1521
2018girls30#4562
2017boys92#1707
2017girls24#5338
2016boys74#1959
2016girls25#5284
2015boys75#1931
2015girls23#5653
2014boys88#1714
2014girls11#9517
2013boys63#2113
2013girls9#11000
2012boys56#2292
2012girls15#7804
2011boys63#2105
2011girls13#8614
2010boys60#2187
2010girls13#8701
2009boys70#1990
2009girls9#11459
2008boys74#1932
2008girls8#12579
2007boys52#2442
2007girls22#6093
2006boys51#2398
2006girls6#15152
2005boys50#2325
2004boys51#2238
2004girls10#9892
2003boys38#2620
2003girls5#15784
2002boys36#2632
2002girls6#13595
2001boys38#2520
2000boys32#2805
2000girls6#13154
1999boys31#2722
1998boys32#2599
1998girls5#14122
1997boys12#4960
1996boys17#3830
1995boys15#4052
1994boys10#5452
1993boys12#4697
1992boys7#6670
1991boys6#7271
1990boys10#4993
1989boys5#7905
1980boys6#5525
1969boys5#4404

Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.

How Zen’s popularity has changed

Ten-year change+146.7%
Change since peak-27.7%