Zenia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZEE-nee-uh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Zenia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “hospitality”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Zenia mean?
Greek: variant of Xenia
“hospitality”
A spelling of Xenia, from the Greek word for hospitality, a sacred duty in ancient Greece.
Is Zenia a girl's or a boy's name?
Zenia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zenia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zenia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Zenia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Zenia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Zenia, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 1988, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1891.
Half of all the girls named Zenia in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zenia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,980 |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,484 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,603 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 31 | #2,405 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,344 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,488 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,568 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,366 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 9 | #943 |
Names like Zenia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia, Athena, Amelia, Olivia, Aria, Lucia, Elena, Anastasia, Lara, Emilia, Maria, Mia
Names related to Zenia
Zenaya, Zen, Zeina, Zena, Zeniyah, Zeena, Zeyna, Zienna, Zania, Zenna
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zenia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zenia, updated 20 October 2026.