Zekai — #4842 US boys' name
125 babies named Zekai in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 66% of names given to boys today.
62% of everyone ever named Zekai was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Zekai in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zekai
The Social Security Administration has registered 125 babies named Zekai between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zekai currently holds the #4842 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zekai performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zekai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Zekai in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zekai 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 125 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.
Zekai at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Zekai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2024)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #4842 among boys.
125 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 21 births in a single year.
Zekai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 78 births that decade — 62% of Zekai's all-time total
Zekai decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Zekai's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Zekai by state
Where Zekai concentrates geographically — total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 4.0% |
5 of 125 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.0% of nationwide
- Texas 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.0% 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, 2012–2024 (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.