Zebulun
#4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
- Peak · boys
- 1979 · 30 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 894since 1973
Zebulun over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Zebulun has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,396 | 23 |
| 2024 | #3,693 | 30 |
| 2023 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #3,879 | 28 |
| 2021 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #5,451 | 16 |
| 2019 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #4,624 | 21 |
| 2015 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #4,822 | 19 |
| 2010 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #4,267 | 23 |
| 2007 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #5,303 | 16 |
| 2005 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | #3,591 | 21 |
| 1998 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #3,030 | 23 |
| 1993 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #2,599 | 22 |
| 1987 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #2,272 | 22 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #1,833 | 30 |
| 1978 | #2,068 | 23 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
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| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five boys were named Zebulun! It came in at #3,694, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1974, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 703 spots since 2024 (#3,693 → #4,396)
- 1,055 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #4,396)
- 662 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #4,396)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 1979 at #1,833 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 57,385
- Highest: 1 in 57,385 boys born in 1979 were named Zebulun (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 21.8% of all boys named Zebulun (195) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 84 | #1,833 (1979) | #3,530 |
| 1980s | 195 | #1,899 (1981) | #2,712 |
| 1990s | 173 | #2,952 (1990) | #3,861 |
| 2000s | 168 | #3,640 (2000) | #5,180 |
| 2010s | 147 | #4,624 (2016) | #6,160 |
| 2020s | 127 | #3,693 (2024) | #4,867 |
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.
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