Zephaniah
Zephaniah is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 143 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1430.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2019170 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1972
- 3,710people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,254 boys have been named Zephaniah in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 170 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 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 41%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 456 girls have also been given it, 12% of the total.
By decade
In 2019, its biggest year
Zephaniah was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Zephaniah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zakariapeak 2017
- Piersonpeak 2020
- Oskarpeak 2016
- Holdenpeak 2018
- Eliahpeak 2009
- Zainepeak 2015
- Josiahpeak 2017
- Abielpeak 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.