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Zephaniah: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 123 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,143 in 2019.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,143 in 2019; #1,458 in 2025. About 86% of babies named Zephaniah in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,458 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2019, at #1,143.
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Zephaniah: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 123 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,143 in 2019 · most boys in one year: 171 (2019).
In 2025, 123 US boys were named Zephaniah, making it the 1,458th most common boys’ name of the year, down 119 places from #1,339 in 2024. That is 21 fewer than the 144 boys named Zephaniah in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,143, reached in 2019. That year also had the most boys given the name: 171. For comparison, it was #1,415 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 20 US girls were named Zephaniah, making it the 6,111th most common girls’ name of the year, up 1,852 places from #7,963 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 14 girls named Zephaniah in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #4,987, reached in 2016. That year also had the most girls given the name: 28. For comparison, it was #6,716 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Zephaniah in 51 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1972 with 7 babies. In all, 3,857 US babies have been given the name, 12% of them girls and 88% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,532 babies named Zephaniah.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,373 US boys were named Zephaniah; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 171. In 2025 that was about 1 in 13,887 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Zephaniah ranked highest in Colorado in 2025, at #965 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Zephania are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Zeph.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Zephania (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 5 | #965 | — |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,254 | — |
| California | 15 | #1,298 | #1,119 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,436 | #930 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,828 | #1,531 |
| Texas | 9 | #1,907 | #1,362 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #6,111 | 123 | #1,458 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,963 | 144 | #1,339 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,675 | 125 | #1,457 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,532 | 119 | #1,522 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,950 | 132 | #1,396 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,321 | 125 | #1,397 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,609 | 171 | #1,143 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,515 | 152 | #1,227 |
| 2017 | 27 | #5,044 | 138 | #1,313 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,987 | 144 | #1,274 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,716 | 122 | #1,415 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,982 | 123 | #1,388 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,829 | 129 | #1,337 |
| 2012 | 15 | #8,206 | 117 | #1,427 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,724 | 117 | #1,424 |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,268 | 108 | #1,516 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,807 | 109 | #1,528 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,795 | 121 | #1,407 |
| 2007 | 14 | #9,002 | 109 | #1,476 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,865 | 91 | #1,604 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,917 | 85 | #1,618 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,710 | 75 | #1,719 |
| 2003 | 8 | #12,400 | 63 | #1,884 |
| 2002 | 10 | #10,236 | 66 | #1,770 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,751 | 59 | #1,892 |
| 2000 | 6 | #15,022 | 68 | #1,698 |
| 1999 | 9 | #10,337 | 43 | #2,198 |
| 1998 | 9 | #10,118 | 52 | #1,898 |
| 1997 | 7 | #12,064 | 37 | #2,310 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,794 | 41 | #2,114 |
| 1995 | — | — | 29 | #2,625 |
| 1994 | — | — | 29 | #2,617 |
| 1993 | — | — | 21 | #3,245 |
| 1992 | — | — | 11 | #5,235 |
| 1991 | — | — | 18 | #3,460 |
| 1990 | — | — | 18 | #3,466 |
| 1989 | — | — | 17 | #3,445 |
| 1988 | — | — | 11 | #4,448 |
| 1987 | — | — | 15 | #3,338 |
| 1986 | — | — | 9 | #4,851 |
| 1985 | — | — | 7 | #5,781 |
| 1984 | — | — | 11 | #3,924 |
| 1983 | — | — | 7 | #5,483 |
| 1982 | — | — | 11 | #3,963 |
| 1981 | — | — | 14 | #3,220 |
| 1980 | — | — | 7 | #5,522 |
| 1978 | — | — | 7 | #5,055 |
| 1977 | — | — | 8 | #4,579 |
| 1976 | — | — | 8 | #4,415 |
| 1975 | — | — | 7 | #4,796 |
| 1972 | — | — | 7 | #4,438 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).