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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202022boysat 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 2022

  • 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: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #874 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,751 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedMINew York: #1,803 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 17,435 boysNYMassachusetts: #765 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,530 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedNVWyoming: 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: #1,103 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,923 boysPANew Jersey: #905 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,785 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #696 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 4,728 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedUTColorado: #801 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,091 boysCONebraska: 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: #735 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,662 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: #1,256 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,192 boysNCSouth 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: #1,106 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,319 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Zeus, so not publishedHITexas: #970 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 7,446 boysTXFlorida: #867 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 5,959 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#696 · 1 in 4,728
  2. Arizona#735 · 1 in 4,662
  3. Massachusetts#765 · 1 in 5,530
  4. Colorado#801 · 1 in 5,091
  5. Florida#867 · 1 in 5,959

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#696401 in 4,728
Arizona#73571 in 4,662
Massachusetts#76551 in 5,530
Colorado#80151 in 5,091
Florida#867161 in 5,959
Illinois#87491 in 5,751
New Jersey#90561 in 6,785
Texas#970241 in 7,446
Pennsylvania#1,10361 in 8,923
Georgia#1,10671 in 7,319
North Carolina#1,25651 in 10,192
New York#1,80351 in 17,435
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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 2022

boys
#1,131
186 births · 1 in 9,387 boys

Top boys' names in 2022

  1. #1Liam20,579
  2. #2Noah18,758
  3. #3Oliver15,176
  4. #4James12,119
  5. #5Elijah12,094
  6. #6William11,356
  7. #7Henry11,272
  8. #8Lucas10,973
  9. #9Benjamin10,912
  10. #10Theodore10,824
  11. #1,131Zeus186
More about 2022

boys

1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 9,387 of them was named Zeus, which outranked 92.1% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zeus
  1. #1,125Ren188
  2. #1,125Trent188
  3. #1,130Aydin187
  4. #1,131Zeus186
  5. #1,131Ernest186
  6. #1,131Gadiel186
  7. #1,131Nazir186
  8. #1,135Bronx185
  9. #1,135Maison185
  10. #1,135Ozias185

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. ↑ 988Dutton#1,823 → #835
  2. ↑ 489Kayce#1,076 → #587
  3. ↑ 412Chosen#1,307 → #895
  4. ↑ 396Khaza#1,230 → #834
  5. ↑ 348Eithan#849 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 324Jacoby#885 → #1,209
  2. ↓ 243Turner#937 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 233Aydin#897 → #1,130
  4. ↓ 218Juelz#991 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 216Jamal#868 → #1,084

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

See the top 100 for 2022 →