Zebulun

Where Zebulun comes from

Old Testament Hebrew זְבֻלוּן (zebulun), a son of Jacob.
— Wiktionary's entry for Zebulun
  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1973
    First appearance
    #3,694 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Peak, #1,833
    30 babies named Zebulun — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1982
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,972.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Zebulun hasn't yet.

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.