Zephyr
Zephyr is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 187 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1870.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2022194 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1975
- 3,021people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,355 boys have been named Zephyr in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 194 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2010s alone account for 45%.
Zephyr is used for both sexes: 22% of its bearers are girls (666), most of them born around 2020.
By decade
In 2022, its biggest year
Zephyr was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Zephyr
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gaelpeak 2024
- Asherpeak 2022
- Zamaripeak 2021
- Vedpeak 2024
- Atticuspeak 2021
- Stellanpeak 2024
- Hudsonpeak 2024
- Zeuspeak 2024
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.