Zagreus — boys' name
35 babies named Zagreus in U.S. Social Security records since 2021, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Zagreus was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Zagreus in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zagreus
The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Zagreus between 2021 and 2023, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zagreus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zagreus performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zagreus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zagreus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 35 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Zagreus at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zagreus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2021
- Peak year (2023)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
35 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 18 births in a single year.
Zagreus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 35 births that decade — 100% of Zagreus's all-time total
Zagreus decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Zagreus's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Zagreus by state
Where Zagreus concentrates geographically — total births since 2021
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 14.3% |
5 of 35 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 14.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 14.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2021–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.