Zeb

Where Zeb comes from

From Zebadiah, Zebedee, Zebulon or Zebulun.
— Wiktionary's entry for Zeb
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #600 among boys — 10 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1888
    Peak, #484
    16 babies named Zeb — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #722.
  4. 1977
    Zeb Wells born
    American screenwriter
  5. 2001
    Zeb Powell born
    American snowboarder
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names Zebadiah, Zebedee, Zebulon, and Zebulun.
Namesakes
  • Zeb Wells · American screenwriter, born 1977
  • Zeb Powell · American snowboarder, born 2001
  • Zeb Kyffin · British cyclist, born 1998
  • Zeb Cope · American professional basketball player, born 1982
  • Zeb Taia · New Zealand rugby league footballer, born 1984

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.