Zeb

#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births

Peak · boys
#484
1888 · 16 births
Debut · boys
1880
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,750
since 1880

Zeb over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Zeb has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #484, 1888boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#6,80312
2024#6,46913
2023#6,22014
2022#5,21518
2021#5,33817
2020#5,98014
2019#7,64310
2018#4,35423
2017#5,78815
2016#4,09825
2015#5,50716
2014#3,45631
2013#3,75327
2012#3,45031
2011#3,36432
2010#5,04718
2009#3,83127
2008#3,22135
2007#4,01125
2006#3,38431
2005#3,09133
2004#3,36828
2003#2,78035
2002#3,02230
2001#2,68135
2000#3,21926
1999#3,10326
1998#3,70819
1997#3,26122
1996#3,67818
1995#2,62628
1994#2,68527
1993#2,86524
1992#3,60417
1991#2,14334
1990#2,69524
1989#3,32517
1988#2,43724
1987#2,83818
1986#2,51021
1985#3,40113
1984#1,65635
1983#1,68734
1982#2,26922
1981#1,66135
1980#1,52440
1979#1,10865
1978#1,14959
1977#1,90426
1976#2,24520
1975#3,07812
1974#2,35817
1973#2,60614
1972#2,99111
1971#3,3709
1970#3,5218
1969#3,9356
1968#3,1078
1967#2,61110
1966#2,9868
1965#2,47611
1964#2,40912
1963#3,6466
1962#2,8489
1961#2,9009
1960#1,97317
1959#2,41412
1958#2,09315
1957#1,75121
1956#2,36112
1955#2,04815
1954#2,44911
1953#2,39111
1952#2,37611
1951#1,90416
1950#2,01914
1949#1,87216
1948#2,32611
1947#2,07614
1946#1,75917
1945#1,63317
1944#1,73816
1943#1,98614
1942#1,58520
1941#2,20711
1940#1,73616
1939#2,05012
1938#1,81815
1937#1,68817
1936#2,06212
1935#1,53820
1934#1,93214
1933#1,20230
1932#1,46523
1931#1,45823
1930#1,33029
1929#1,33928
1928#1,48025
1927#1,46826
1926#1,37928
1925#1,20135
1924#1,11741
1923#1,30031
1922#1,02348
1921#1,17837
1920#1,38228
1919#1,29730
1918#1,03542
1917#1,47923
1916#1,41524
1915#1,30626
1914#1,00331
1913#1,20518
1912#1,13717
1911#1,11710
1910#1,3147
1909#84012
1908#1,2176
1907#1,3455
1906#1,1116
1905#9198
1904#72311
1903#65612
1902#8628
1901#1,0585
1900#9688
1899#7868
1898#8857
1897—
1896#59213
1895#64011
1894#9546
1893#9076
1892#8617
1891#7008
1890#7398
1889#7228
1888#48416
1887#6798
1886#6948
1885#9365
1884#57011
1883#49713
1882#61110
1881#56310
1880#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Zeb was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1897, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Zeb
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 334 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #6,803)
  • 823 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #6,803)
  • 1,296 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #6,803)
  • Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1909 (#1,217 → #840)
  • Biggest drop: 474 spots in 1910 (#840 → #1,314)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #484 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1880–1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,553
  • Highest: 1 in 7,553 boys born in 1888 were named Zeb (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 11.9% of all boys named Zeb (327) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s99#484 (1888)#636
1890s74#592 (1896)#785
1900s81#656 (1903)#970
1910s228#1,003 (1914)#1,231
1920s327#1,023 (1922)#1,287
1930s195#1,202 (1933)#1,654
1940s152#1,585 (1942)#1,892
1950s138#1,751 (1957)#2,181
1960s96#1,973 (1960)#2,889
1970s241#1,108 (1979)#2,433
1980s259#1,524 (1980)#2,331
1990s239#2,143 (1991)#3,037
2000s305#2,681 (2001)#3,261
2010s228#3,364 (2011)#4,646
2020s88#5,215 (2022)#6,004

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Zeb in 1910

boys
#1,314
7 births · 1 in 27,744 boys

Top boys' names in 1910

  1. #1John11,450
  2. #2James9,194
  3. #3William8,844
  4. #4Robert5,609
  5. #5George5,441
  6. #6Joseph5,228
  7. #7Charles4,784
  8. #8Frank3,768
  9. #9Edward3,407
  10. #10Henry2,899
  11. #1,314Zeb7
More about 1910

boys

194,208 boys got a published name in 1910; 1 in 27,744 of them was named Zeb, which outranked 28.5% of the 1,839 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zeb
  1. #1,193Ygnacio8
  2. #1,193Zeke8
  3. #1,193Zigmund8
  4. #1,314Zeb7
  5. #1,314Alcide7
  6. #1,314Aldo7
  7. #1,314Alejandro7
  8. #1,421Adell6
  9. #1,421Afton6
  10. #1,421Agustin6

Tied with 106 names at #1,314; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 711Emma#1,440 → #729
  2. ↑ 679Arturo#1,277 → #598
  3. ↑ 679Sammy#1,277 → #598
  4. ↑ 658Tracy#1,440 → #782
  5. ↑ 623Issac#1,277 → #654
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Hadley#756 → #1,589
  2. ↓ 785Cedric#804 → #1,589
  3. ↓ 707Waymon#714 → #1,421
  4. ↓ 696Hughie#893 → #1,589
  5. ↓ 696Maceo#893 → #1,589

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1910 →