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Boy's name · #1144 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Zen is near its high-water mark: it reached #906 in 2022 and still ranked #1144 in 2025. About 2,700 boys have carried it since 1969.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#1,069 in Ireland (2025) · #1,194 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,330 in Canada (2024).
Among 38 notable people named Zen:
Entertainers appear 2.04× more often than among typical names — e.g. Zen Gesner, American actor.
Similar names: Aizen · Zev · Atharv · Ren · Kylin · Kannon
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