Feminine dossier · first seen 1881

Zenobia

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Zenobia
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1923

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1881Peak 19232024

Peak year

1923

Decline from peak

50%

2024

All-time

4,573

Zenobia has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1923, when 62 girls were named Zenobia.

In 2024, only 31 girls were given the name.

Down 50% from its peak.

All told, about 4,573 Americans have been named Zenobia and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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