Zephyr
#4,661 for girls in 2025, 29 births · #1,196 for boys in 2025, 169 births
Given to boys 78.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 192 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,528since 1975
Zephyr 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 | #4,661 | 29 | #1,196 | 169 |
| 2024 | #4,387 | 32 | #1,126 | 189 |
| 2023 | #3,640 | 42 | #1,118 | 189 |
| 2022 | #3,963 | 37 | #1,099 | 195 |
| 2021 | #3,678 | 41 | #1,092 | 192 |
| 2020 | #3,546 | 42 | #1,262 | 145 |
| 2019 | #3,851 | 38 | #1,218 | 156 |
| 2018 | #4,562 | 30 | #1,489 | 116 |
| 2017 | #3,697 | 41 | #1,378 | 128 |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | #1,399 | 125 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | #1,359 | 128 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 | #1,576 | 100 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | #1,659 | 91 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | #2,132 | 63 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #1,755 | 83 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #1,816 | 80 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #1,839 | 80 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #2,828 | 42 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #2,974 | 39 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #2,698 | 43 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #2,902 | 36 |
| 2004 | — | #3,534 | 26 | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #6,843 | 8 |
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| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
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| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
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| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
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| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
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| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
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| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
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| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
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| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | — | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | — | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
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| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
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| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
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| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
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| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Zephyr! It came in at #4,797, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1990, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Zephyr is popular in 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nevada#496 · 1 in 2,700
- Washington#650 · 1 in 4,034
- California#808 · 1 in 7,461
- Texas#1,416 · 1 in 16,959
- New York#1,589 · 1 in 17,123
Best ever in a state: #249 in Hawaii, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #496 | 5 | 1 in 2,700 |
| Washington | #650 | 9 | 1 in 4,034 |
| California | #808 | 31 | 1 in 7,461 |
| Texas | #1,416 | 11 | 1 in 16,959 |
| New York | #1,589 | 6 | 1 in 17,123 |
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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 Zephyr
- 70 spots since 2024 (#1,126 → #1,196)
- 66 spots since 2020 (#1,262 → #1,196)
- 163 spots since 2015 (#1,359 → #1,196)
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 2021 at #1,092 (192 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 8,954 boys born in 2022 were named Zephyr (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,107 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,092 in 2021, was only 1 in 9,112 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 42.7% of all boys named Zephyr (1,079) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1984, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #4,797 (1975) | #4,797 |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,523 (1985) | #6,622 |
| 1990s | 46 | #6,670 (1992) | #7,460 |
| 2000s | 317 | #1,839 (2009) | #3,422 |
| 2010s | 1,070 | #1,218 (2019) | #1,578 |
| 2020s | 1,079 | #1,092 (2021) | #1,149 |
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.
Zephyr in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 81,198 of them was named Zephyr, which outranked 69.9% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,625Zarya23
- #5,625Zeena23
- #5,625Zulay23
- #5,797Zephyr22
- #5,797Abria22
- #5,797Adaliz22
- #5,797Adelin22
- #5,993Aahna21
- #5,993Adaley21
- #5,993Aidan21
Tied with 195 names at #5,797; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 19,209 of them was named Zephyr, which outranked 88.8% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,564Noam101
- #1,564Rishaan101
- #1,564Shamar101
- #1,576Zephyr100
- #1,576Brayton100
- #1,576Cartier100
- #1,576Duane100
- #1,588Boyd99
- #1,588Carsyn99
- #1,588Cecil99
Tied with 11 names at #1,576; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.