Zeb
#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,750since 1880
Zeb over time
Rank among boys' names. Zeb has never cracked the top 400 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 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #5,215 | 18 |
| 2021 | #5,338 | 17 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #4,354 | 23 |
| 2017 | #5,788 | 15 |
| 2016 | #4,098 | 25 |
| 2015 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | #3,456 | 31 |
| 2013 | #3,753 | 27 |
| 2012 | #3,450 | 31 |
| 2011 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 2010 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #3,831 | 27 |
| 2008 | #3,221 | 35 |
| 2007 | #4,011 | 25 |
| 2006 | #3,384 | 31 |
| 2005 | #3,091 | 33 |
| 2004 | #3,368 | 28 |
| 2003 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 2002 | #3,022 | 30 |
| 2001 | #2,681 | 35 |
| 2000 | #3,219 | 26 |
| 1999 | #3,103 | 26 |
| 1998 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #2,626 | 28 |
| 1994 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1993 | #2,865 | 24 |
| 1992 | #3,604 | 17 |
| 1991 | #2,143 | 34 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 24 |
| 1989 | #3,325 | 17 |
| 1988 | #2,437 | 24 |
| 1987 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #1,656 | 35 |
| 1983 | #1,687 | 34 |
| 1982 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #1,661 | 35 |
| 1980 | #1,524 | 40 |
| 1979 | #1,108 | 65 |
| 1978 | #1,149 | 59 |
| 1977 | #1,904 | 26 |
| 1976 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #1,751 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #1,904 | 16 |
| 1950 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | #1,633 | 17 |
| 1944 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #1,585 | 20 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #1,736 | 16 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #1,538 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #1,202 | 30 |
| 1932 | #1,465 | 23 |
| 1931 | #1,458 | 23 |
| 1930 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1927 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | #1,379 | 28 |
| 1925 | #1,201 | 35 |
| 1924 | #1,117 | 41 |
| 1923 | #1,300 | 31 |
| 1922 | #1,023 | 48 |
| 1921 | #1,178 | 37 |
| 1920 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1919 | #1,297 | 30 |
| 1918 | #1,035 | 42 |
| 1917 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #1,306 | 26 |
| 1914 | #1,003 | 31 |
| 1913 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,137 | 17 |
| 1911 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #840 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #723 | 11 |
| 1903 | #656 | 12 |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #592 | 13 |
| 1895 | #640 | 11 |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #484 | 16 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #570 | 11 |
| 1883 | #497 | 13 |
| 1882 | #611 | 10 |
| 1881 | #563 | 10 |
| 1880 | #600 | 10 |
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.
Where Zeb is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#533 · 1 in 10,092
Best ever in a state: #167 in North Carolina, 1911.
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| North Carolina | #533 | 5 | 1 in 10,092 |
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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 Zeb
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #484 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1880–1896
- 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%)
- 11.9% of all boys named Zeb (327) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 99 | #484 (1888) | #636 |
| 1890s | 74 | #592 (1896) | #785 |
| 1900s | 81 | #656 (1903) | #970 |
| 1910s | 228 | #1,003 (1914) | #1,231 |
| 1920s | 327 | #1,023 (1922) | #1,287 |
| 1930s | 195 | #1,202 (1933) | #1,654 |
| 1940s | 152 | #1,585 (1942) | #1,892 |
| 1950s | 138 | #1,751 (1957) | #2,181 |
| 1960s | 96 | #1,973 (1960) | #2,889 |
| 1970s | 241 | #1,108 (1979) | #2,433 |
| 1980s | 259 | #1,524 (1980) | #2,331 |
| 1990s | 239 | #2,143 (1991) | #3,037 |
| 2000s | 305 | #2,681 (2001) | #3,261 |
| 2010s | 228 | #3,364 (2011) | #4,646 |
| 2020s | 88 | #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 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
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1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 110,871 of them was named Zeb, which outranked 55.5% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,820Talmage17
- #1,820Tyrus17
- #1,820Wes17
- #1,872Zeb16
- #1,872Billey16
- #1,872Blaise16
- #1,872Brown16
- #1,941Adell15
- #1,941Ancil15
- #1,941Ann15
Tied with 68 names at #1,872; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.