Zebulon — #4311 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zebulon

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,129 babies named Zebulon between 1891 and 2024, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zebulon currently holds the #4311 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 125 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zebulon performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 610 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Zebulon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 128 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Zebulon in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zebulon 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 2,129 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.