Zeb — #6449 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zeb

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,738 babies named Zeb between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zeb currently holds the #6449 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 65 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zeb performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 327 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Zeb shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 570 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Zeb in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zeb 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 2,738 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.