Zenon
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Zenon is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Zenon mean?
Greek
A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Zeno.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zenon a girl's or a boy's name?
Zenon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zenon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Zenon, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zenon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Zenon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
How popular is Zenon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Zenon, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the boys named Zenon in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zenon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 18 | #1,909 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,764 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,642 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
Names like Zenon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Zenon
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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, “Zenon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zenon, updated 20 October 2026.