Zenith
Boy · ZEE-nith · English
Zenith is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “highest point”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
What does Zenith mean?
English: English word, via medieval Latin from Arabic samt 'path'
“highest point”
From the English word for the point in the sky directly overhead, which came via medieval Latin from Arabic.
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Is Zenith a girl's or a boy's name?
Zenith is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 11 girls and 40 boys in the US.
How popular is Zenith in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Zenith, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 10 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Zenith in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
How popular is Zenith in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,035among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Zenith, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914. 11 girls were also named Zenith in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Zenith in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 22% of the babies named Zenith in the US were girls.
Zenith in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,873 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,378 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
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