Zenobia
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Zenobia is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Zenobia mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zenobia a girl's or a boy's name?
Zenobia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zenobia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 4 girls.
Zenobia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Zenobia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Zenobia, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
2025 had fewer girls named Zenobia than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Zenobia in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zenobia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 51 | #3,212 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,153 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,028 |
| 1986 | 36 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,780 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,339 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 51 | #2,028 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 38 | #2,430 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,666 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,099 |
| 1975 | 48 | #1,877 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,171 |
| 1972 | 35 | #2,173 |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,064 |
| 1970 | 41 | #2,017 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,955 |
| 1968 | 31 | #2,164 |
| 1967 | 44 | #1,732 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,736 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,768 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,866 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,210 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,806 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,854 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,642 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,732 |
| 1957 | 49 | #1,530 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,636 |
| 1955 | 47 | #1,479 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,701 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,670 |
| 1952 | 40 | #1,522 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,480 |
| 1950 | 54 | #1,249 |
| 1949 | 50 | #1,288 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,547 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,531 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,824 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,400 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,491 |
| 1942 | 47 | #1,153 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,569 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,242 |
| 1939 | 47 | #1,039 |
| 1938 | 36 | #1,219 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1936 | 32 | #1,267 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1933 | 31 | #1,289 |
| 1932 | 32 | #1,293 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,458 |
| 1930 | 49 | #1,052 |
| 1929 | 53 | #994 |
| 1928 | 36 | #1,270 |
| 1927 | 40 | #1,233 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,220 |
| 1925 | 60 | #960 |
| 1924 | 53 | #1,069 |
| 1923 | 62 | #928 |
| 1922 | 56 | #997 |
| 1921 | 54 | #1,017 |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,152 |
| 1919 | 58 | #925 |
| 1918 | 48 | #1,041 |
| 1917 | 50 | #986 |
| 1916 | 45 | #1,026 |
| 1915 | 47 | #968 |
| 1914 | 39 | #942 |
| 1913 | 33 | #925 |
| 1912 | 37 | #820 |
| 1911 | 25 | #853 |
| 1910 | 19 | #997 |
| 1909 | 35 | #669 |
| 1908 | 25 | #768 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 20 | #818 |
| 1905 | 15 | #968 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 17 | #849 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,227 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,170 |
| 1899 | 11 | #983 |
| 1898 | 15 | #886 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 11 | #999 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,123 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,061 |
| 1893 | 10 | #955 |
| 1892 | 13 | #830 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 9 | #940 |
| 1889 | 9 | #902 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 10 | #731 |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
| 1881 | 6 | #740 |
Names like Zenobia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Zenobia
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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, “Zenobia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zenobia, updated 20 October 2026.