Meaning and history
Zenobia means “life of Zeus,” from Greek Ζηνός (Zenos), “of Zeus,” and βίος (bios), “life.” It was the name of the queen of the Palmyrene Empire, which broke away from Rome in the 3rd century and expanded into Roman territory before being defeated by the emperor Aurelian. Her Greek name was used as an approximation of her native Aramaic name.
20062006: 33 births, rank #4,358
2007: 27 births, rank #5,230
2008: 31 births, rank #4,761
2009: 18 births, rank #7,066
2010: 19 births, rank #6,641
20112011: 22 births, rank #5,935
2012: 51 births, rank #3,213
2013: 37 births, rank #4,002
2014: 55 births, rank #3,041
2015: 42 births, rank #3,650
20162016: 48 births, rank #3,326
2017: 39 births, rank #3,848
2018: 42 births, rank #3,614
2019: 37 births, rank #3,923
2020: 46 births, rank #3,338
20212021: 32 births, rank #4,326
2022: 33 births, rank #4,295
2023: 41 births, rank #3,709
2024: 32 births, rank #4,387
20252025: 18 births, rank #6,325
Zenobia moved from #940 to #969 for girls between 1923 and 1925. Its highest annual birth count came in 1923, with 62 births.