Zephaniah
#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · #1,451 for boys in 2025, 123 births
Given to boys 87.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2019 · 171 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,380since 1972
Zephaniah over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,917 | 20 | #1,451 | 123 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | #1,332 | 144 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #1,449 | 125 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #1,516 | 119 |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | #1,383 | 132 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | #1,390 | 125 |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 | #1,136 | 171 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #1,224 | 152 |
| 2017 | #4,922 | 27 | #1,306 | 138 |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | #1,266 | 144 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | #1,406 | 122 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | #1,385 | 123 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 | #1,326 | 129 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #1,419 | 117 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 | #1,411 | 117 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | #1,503 | 108 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #1,518 | 109 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | #1,399 | 121 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #1,464 | 109 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | #1,596 | 91 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #1,603 | 85 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #1,701 | 75 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #1,870 | 63 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | #1,744 | 66 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #1,871 | 59 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #1,681 | 68 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #2,162 | 43 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #1,871 | 52 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #2,260 | 37 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #2,073 | 41 |
| 1995 | — | #2,556 | 29 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,556 | 29 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,325 | 18 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,309 | 18 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,325 | 17 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,201 | 15 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
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| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
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| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Zephaniah! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1974, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Zephaniah is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#792 · 1 in 7,178
- Florida#1,063 · 1 in 11,000
- New York#1,364 · 1 in 15,468
- California#1,968 · 1 in 36,309
Best ever in a state: #229 in Hawaii, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #792 | 6 | 1 in 7,178 |
| Florida | #1,063 | 9 | 1 in 11,000 |
| New York | #1,364 | 7 | 1 in 15,468 |
| California | #1,968 | 7 | 1 in 36,309 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Zephaniah
- 119 spots since 2024 (#1,332 → #1,451)
- 61 spots since 2020 (#1,390 → #1,451)
- 45 spots since 2015 (#1,406 → #1,451)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2019 at #1,136 (171 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,492 boys born in 2019 were named Zephaniah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,887 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 39.1% of all boys named Zephaniah (1,321) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 37 | #3,963 (1972) | #4,200 |
| 1980s | 109 | #3,030 (1981) | #4,056 |
| 1990s | 299 | #1,871 (1998) | #2,813 |
| 2000s | 846 | #1,399 (2008) | #1,645 |
| 2010s | 1,321 | #1,136 (2019) | #1,338 |
| 2020s | 768 | #1,332 (2024) | #1,420 |
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.
Zephaniah in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 184,784 of them was named Zephaniah, which outranked 47.2% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,452Zuriah11
- #9,452Zyann11
- #9,452Zyanya11
- #10,128Zephaniah10
- #10,128Aaliayah10
- #10,128Aaminah10
- #10,128Aamirah10
- #10,921Aaleah9
- #10,921Aaliayh9
- #10,921Aalliyah9
Tied with 792 names at #10,128; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 23,498 of them was named Zephaniah, which outranked 88.0% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,595Jullian86
- #1,595Kooper86
- #1,595Mayson86
- #1,603Zephaniah85
- #1,603Antwone85
- #1,603Corbyn85
- #1,603Eloy85
- #1,619Darrien84
- #1,619Dontrell84
- #1,619Emmitt84
Tied with 15 names at #1,603; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.