Zen
Quick answers about Zen
How many people are named Zen?
An estimated 2,691 living Americans are named Zen.
How rare is Zen?
Zen is uncommon among babies today, with 185 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 27.7% from its 2022 peak.
How old is the typical Zen?
The median age of a living American named Zen is approximately 7 years, with most bearers falling between 4 and 16 years old.
Is Zen still popular?
Yes — Zen is currently rising in popularity, with 185 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 2.5× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Zen most common?
Zen has its strongest geographic signal in Georgia, where it appeared 1.8× more often than the national baseline in the 2020s.
Zen is most concentrated in Georgia — about 1.8× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in New York.
States where Zen is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.