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The first name 
Zenith

Zenith is a first name for all genders.

Zenith is a very rare first name!

At least in the US, the name Zenith is extremely rare. Recently, only a handful of babies has been named Zenith each year. That means it’s extremely unlikely that a boy or girl called Zenith will meet someone with the same name. So, Zenith is a very special name!

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Zenith

Zenith -
once in a blue moon

Do you know the feeling when you go to the zoo and the animal that is supposed to be in the enclosure is not there? You know it should to be there, but you've never seen it? It's the same with Zenith. Children named Zenith have made themselves scarce and you might rather know them from history books: Reaching pos. 2,165 Zenith ranked higher than ever in 1897. By comparison, there have been 91 years in which the first name Zenith has not been given at all (or less than 5 times, which is the minimum number required for a name to be included in the statistics), most recently in 2009. In general, parents name their newborns Zenith only once in a blue moon, so people with this name can consider themselves quite special!

In years where the graph has no value, the name Zenith was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

Zenith in 2022 – a precious jewel

In 2022, Zenith continues to be a precious jewel: 81 newborns were named Zenith that year, ranking #4,068 in the SmartGenius name statistics. If your baby's name is Zenith, you must have a flair for beautiful and rare names: Congratulations, your child is sure to feel unique.

Zenith has 6 letters 
and begins with a Z

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter Z is quite rare as a first letter for given names: only 2.1% of all common first names in the US begin with Z. The most common first letters of given names, by the way, are A, J and K, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of first names.

With six letters, the name Zenith is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Therefore: As 2.1% of all first names begin with a Z, this initial letter is significantly less common than the other letters on average.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Zenith

If your name is Zenith and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Zenith

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Zenith, you can simply say:

Zebra

Elephant

Nut

Igloo

Tiger

Hat

This is how the name Zenith is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Zenith in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Zenith

Zenith

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Zenith

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Zenith is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

Z
E
N
I
T
H

Have you ever waved the name Zenith

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

Z
E
N
I
T
H

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Zenith sounds like this: