Zebedee
#5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
- Peak · boys
- 1907 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,276since 1907
Zebedee over time
Rank among boys' names. Zebedee has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,045 | 19 |
| 2024 | #3,161 | 38 |
| 2023 | #3,416 | 34 |
| 2022 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2021 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #1,715 | 22 |
| 1956 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #1,791 | 19 |
| 1954 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #1,958 | 16 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #1,615 | 21 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #1,964 | 17 |
| 1923 | #1,753 | 20 |
| 1922 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Zebedee! It came in at #1,094, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Zebedee
- 1,884 spots since 2024 (#3,161 → #5,045)
- 935 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #5,045)
- 2,021 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #5,045)
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1907 at #1,094 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,975 boys born in 1907 were named Zebedee (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.6% of all boys named Zebedee (173) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 7 | #1,094 (1907) | #1,094 |
| 1910s | 85 | #1,527 (1912) | #2,316 |
| 1920s | 127 | #1,753 (1923) | #2,466 |
| 1930s | 108 | #1,551 (1934) | #2,392 |
| 1940s | 94 | #1,943 (1948) | #2,559 |
| 1950s | 173 | #1,615 (1950) | #1,929 |
| 1960s | 103 | #1,997 (1961) | #2,806 |
| 1970s | 78 | #3,146 (1971) | #3,831 |
| 1980s | 97 | #3,108 (1982) | #4,505 |
| 1990s | 91 | #4,537 (1994) | #6,195 |
| 2000s | 87 | #4,785 (2000) | #7,573 |
| 2010s | 91 | #6,406 (2019) | #8,303 |
| 2020s | 135 | #3,161 (2024) | #5,078 |
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.
Zebedee in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
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1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 180,447 of them was named Zebedee, which outranked 36.9% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,403Worley10
- #2,403Yong10
- #2,403Ysmael10
- #2,534Zebedee9
- #2,534Adron9
- #2,534Alejo9
- #2,534Alf9
- #2,690Aime8
- #2,690Alain8
- #2,690Alanson8
Tied with 155 names at #2,534; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.