Zeus

#1,347 for boys in 2025, 140 births

Peak · boys
2024 · 205 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,696
since 1973

Zeus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Zeus has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,347140
2024#1,062205
2023#1,156180
2022#1,131186
2021#1,152174
2020#1,200159
2019#1,116176
2018#1,276144
2017#1,207152
2016#1,382128
2015#1,453116
2014#1,576100
2013#1,72585
2012#1,79982
2011#1,84976
2010#2,01068
2009#2,40153
2008#2,58348
2007#2,97439
2006#3,02436
2005#2,56743
2004#3,86023
2003#3,28028
2002#3,02230
2001#2,86432
2000#2,86431
1999#3,27924
1998#3,84918
1997#4,66813
1996#5,9829
1995#7,7926
1994#6,3728
1993#6,8167
1992#4,56412
1991—
1990#8,1175
1989#5,6158
1988#6,4266
1987#6,9515
1986#6,7215
1985#6,5235
1984#4,9737
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1982#5,0037
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1977#5,8455
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five boys were named Zeus! It came in at #5,101, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1973–1978, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Zeus is popular in 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedNHWashington: #959 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,633 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedMINew York: #1,540 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 14,608 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedORNevada: #392 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,695 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #674 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 4,740 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedDEArizona: #613 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,551 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedHITexas: #907 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 7,052 boysTXFlorida: #1,104 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 9,021 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#392 · 1 in 1,695
  2. Arizona#613 · 1 in 3,551
  3. California#674 · 1 in 4,740
  4. Texas#907 · 1 in 7,052
  5. Washington#959 · 1 in 6,633

Best ever in a state: #392 in Nevada, 2020.

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Nevada#39271 in 1,695
Arizona#61391 in 3,551
California#674401 in 4,740
Texas#907241 in 7,052
Washington#95951 in 6,633
Florida#1,104101 in 9,021
New York#1,54061 in 14,608
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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 Zeus
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 285 spots since 2024 (#1,062 → #1,347)
  • 147 spots since 2020 (#1,200 → #1,347)
  • 106 spots since 2015 (#1,453 → #1,347)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 2024 at #1,062 (205 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,404
  • Highest: 1 in 8,404 boys born in 2024 were named Zeus (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,201 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 41.8% of all boys named Zeus (1,127) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s17#4,842 (1979)#5,263
1980s43#4,973 (1984)#6,030
1990s102#3,279 (1999)#5,715
2000s363#2,401 (2009)#2,944
2010s1,127#1,116 (2019)#1,539
2020s1,044#1,062 (2024)#1,175

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.

Zeus in 2020

boys
#1,200
159 births · 1 in 10,856 boys

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #1,200Zeus159
More about 2020

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 10,856 of them was named Zeus, which outranked 91.5% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zeus
  1. #1,196Pharaoh160
  2. #1,196Reagan160
  3. #1,196Zen160
  4. #1,200Zeus159
  5. #1,201Cedar158
  6. #1,201Gian158
  7. #1,203Aarush157
Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2020 →