Ze — boys' name
39 babies named Ze in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Ze was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Ze in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ze
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Ze between 1999 and 2023, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ze currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ze performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ze shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ze 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 39 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.
Ze at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ze popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1999
- Peak year (1999)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
39 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 7 births in a single year.
Ze by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 12 births that decade — 31% of Ze's all-time total
Ze decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ze's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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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, 1999–2023 (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.