Zebulen
Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
- Peak · boys
- 1978 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 56since 1978
Zebulen over time
Rank among boys' names. Zebulen has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
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| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
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| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
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| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
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| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
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| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
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| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Zebulen! It came in at #4,157, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Zebulen is popular in 1978
No state had 5 or more boys named Zebulen in 1978, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Zebulen
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 1978 at #4,157 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 205,230 boys born in 1978 were named Zebulen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 408,030 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 37.5% of all boys named Zebulen (21) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8 | #4,157 (1978) | #4,157 |
| 1980s | 21 | #5,525 (1980) | #6,430 |
| 1990s | 15 | #6,228 (1993) | #6,755 |
| 2000s | 12 | #8,209 (2000) | #10,381 |
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.
Zebulen in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 205,230 of them was named Zebulen, which outranked 38.5% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,857Zebediah9
- #3,857Zion9
- #3,857Zoltan9
- #4,157Zebulen8
- #4,157Abimael8
- #4,157Adrean8
- #4,157Airrion8
- #4,554Abasi7
- #4,554Abdallah7
- #4,554Absalom7
Tied with 396 names at #4,157; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.