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Zeno

#2,537 in 2025Boys' name

From Latin Zēnō; literal meaning unconfirmed

Zeno has been given to 1,491 babies in the U.S. since 1883. In 2025 it ranked #2,537 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 58 recorded.

Babies named Zeno, 2025

1 in 62,600

Zeno over time, 1880–2025

Boys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zeno: meaning, origin, and history

From Latin Zēnō; literal meaning unconfirmed

Ancient Greek

What Zeno means

Zeno is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Via Latin Zēnō, from Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), from Proto-Hellenic *dzéus, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Modern scientific and philosophical use derives from Zeno of Elea, poser of Zeno's paradoxes.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Zeno (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Zeno is used in English, Italian and Latin. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Zeno comes through Latin Zēnō, Ancient Greek Ζήνων, Proto-Hellenic *dzéus and Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Zeno is pronounced /ˈziːnoʊ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,491 boys were recorded with the name Zeno between 1883 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 58 in 2024; its best national rank was #685 in 1902.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,493 in 2020 to #2,537 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,291 in 2015 to #2,537 in 2025.

How common is Zeno?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 62,600
53 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 32,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,537
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
43,358 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Zeno sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 43,358 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zeno. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zenos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zeno was born before 1968 — so the typical Zeno is around 57 today.

Median birth year
1968
About 57 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
18.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
38.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
908
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Choose a decade

2020s — 18.0% of all recorded uses (268).

Is Zeno rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−121
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+956
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,754
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.21×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
91.4%
Peak was 2024 (58)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
39.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#685
1902

Spellings of Zeno

Zeno is not the most common spelling — Leo is, with 31.2% against Zeno's 0.18%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Zeno is used

Across 1910–2025, Zeno was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 323,629 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Zeno has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Zeno around the world

Where Zeno ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2025
    #1,897
    in 2025
  • France
    2003–2024
    #6,097
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2009–2023
    #1,727
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1992–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Zeno by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,537
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 956
Best rank ever
#685
1902
Peak year
2024
58 that year
First recorded
1883
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,491
Count in 2025
53

Names similar to Zeno

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Zeno

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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