Is Zenith a boy or girl name?

Zenith is a unisex name. Of the 875 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 51.2% were girls and 48.8% were boys.

Zenith

Recorded 1897–2025 · United States

Zenith was most popular in 2022, when 82 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,068 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,540, with 51 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 875 people named Zenith.

Zenith over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zenith’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zenith a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zenith is a unisex name — 51.2% of the 875 Americans given it were girls and 48.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 29% girls and 71% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Zenith

Where Zenith is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 7.5×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org