Zebulon
Zebulon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 24 births. Its best rank was 776th, in 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 240.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1979125 births
- Best rank
- #776in 1979
- Since 1891
- 2,129people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,129 boys have been named Zebulon in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 125 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1980s alone account for 29%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Zebulon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 19 | |
| 1920s | 19 | |
| 1930s | 9 | |
| 1940s | 18 | |
| 1950s | 5 | |
| 1960s | 16 | |
| 1970s | 341 | |
| 1980s | 610 | |
| 1990s | 416 | |
| 2000s | 281 | |
| 2010s | 272 | |
| 2020s | 117 |
In 1979, its biggest year
Zebulon was the 776th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1979 were Michael, Christopher, Jason, David and James. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Zebulon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Anwarpeak 1978
- Jameelpeak 1978
- Jedediahpeak 1979
- Amitpeak 1983
- Adampeak 1984
- Antwanpeak 1980
- Antwainpeak 1979
- Sharifpeak 1980
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.