Zenobia vs Zenovia
American parents have registered 4,592 Zenobias since 1880, against 512 Zenovias. But in 2025 it was Zenovia that was commoner, 22 babies to 18.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Zenobia Zenovia
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 141 years in which either name was published, Zenobia for 139 years and Zenovia for 2 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
Side by side
| Zenobia | Zenovia | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 4,592 | 512 |
| Most in one year | 62 | 39 |
| Babies in 2025 | 18 | 22 |
| Estimated living today | 2,800 | 490 |
| Median age today | 43 | 11 |
| Peak year | 1923 | 2022 |
| Best rank | 928th girls | 3,827th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 6,325th | 5,554th |
| First recorded | 1881 | 1926 |
| Girls / boys | 4,592 / 0 | 512 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Zenobias alive today are over 43; half the Zenovias are over 11. That is 32 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Zenobia and Zenovia.