Zed — #5885 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zed

The Social Security Administration has registered 446 babies named Zed between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zed currently holds the #5885 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zed performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Zed shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zed in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zed 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 446 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.