Zebedee
Zebedee is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202437 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1907
- 1,256people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,256 boys have been named Zebedee in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 37 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1950s alone account for 14%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Zebedee | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 7 | |
| 1910s | 85 | |
| 1920s | 127 | |
| 1930s | 108 | |
| 1940s | 94 | |
| 1950s | 173 | |
| 1960s | 103 | |
| 1970s | 78 | |
| 1980s | 97 | |
| 1990s | 91 | |
| 2000s | 87 | |
| 2010s | 91 | |
| 2020s | 115 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Zebedee was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Zebedee
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ciropeak 2024
- Herculespeak 2023
- Winslowpeak 2022
- Arvinpeak 2017
- Angelopeak 2007
- Lionelpeak 2023
- Aldonpeak 1929
- Carminepeak 2006
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.