Zeferino — boys' name
329 babies named Zeferino in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
19% of everyone ever named Zeferino was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Zeferino in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zeferino
The Social Security Administration has registered 329 babies named Zeferino between 1919 and 2023, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zeferino currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zeferino performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Zeferino shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Zeferino in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zeferino 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 329 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.
Zeferino at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zeferino popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1919
- Peak year (2007)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
329 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 14 births in a single year.
Zeferino by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 61 births that decade — 19% of Zeferino's all-time total
Zeferino decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Zeferino's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Zeferino by state
Where Zeferino concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 34 | 10.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 32 | 9.7% |
34 of 329 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.3% of nationwide
- Texas 9.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.3% 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, 1919–2023 (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.