Boys' name · since 1989
Zephan
Zephan has 544 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,500 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,594 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 544
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zephan currently ranks #6594 among boys' names in America, with 544 babies recorded since 1989.
Zephan has 544 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6594 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #7,500 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,594 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 544 born since 1989
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zephan ranks #7,500 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,594 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 544 born since 1989, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,500 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,594 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 544
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zephan's 544 recorded births place it above 83.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Zephan compares
544 Top 42% higher than 58% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zephan's all-time total is 47% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zephan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 544 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zephan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zephan's full recorded timeline at 2007, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zephan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Zephan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (195 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Zephan's strongest decade.
195 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Zephan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 74
1990s
74 births
- 2000s
2000s
180 births
- 2010s
2010s
195 births
- 2020s
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 195 births (36% of all-time use).
How Zephan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Zephan's total volume
Zephan by state
Where Zephan concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 21 | 3.9% |
| #2 | California | | 11 | 2.0% |
21 of 544 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Zephan's data
- Zephan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (195 total births) through the 2020s (89) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Zephans (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zephan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zephan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.