Zephyr
Zephyr is given to both girls and boys: 29 girls and 169 boys were given it in 2025 (#4,754 among girls’ names and #1,203 among boys’, #2,231 among all names counting both); 3,223 Americans have been recorded with it since 1905 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,060 Americans named Zephyr and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 8 years old and half are between 4 and 13.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Zephyr by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Zephyr?
#1,203 among boys’ names, 2025
Zephyr rose from #1,368 in 2015 to #1,203 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 66.8 to 98.9 per million.
233 babies in 2021, the peak
Zephyr peaked in 2021, when 233 babies were given it (192 boys, #1,097 among boys’ names). The 198 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 85% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,754 | 169 | #1,203 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,470 | 189 | #1,128 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,706 | 189 | #1,123 |
| 2022 | 37 | #4,037 | 195 | #1,102 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,733 | 192 | #1,097 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,605 | 145 | #1,270 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,918 | 156 | #1,225 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,657 | 116 | #1,497 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,767 | 128 | #1,383 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,791 | 125 | #1,412 |
Every recorded year (58)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | #5,454 | 128 | #1,368 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,987 | 100 | #1,586 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,311 | 91 | #1,668 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,568 | 63 | #2,153 |
| 2011 | 6 | #16,729 | 83 | #1,769 |
| 2010 | 18 | #7,210 | 80 | #1,832 |
| 2009 | 10 | #11,444 | 80 | #1,850 |
| 2008 | 7 | #15,381 | 42 | #2,877 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,808 | 39 | #3,021 |
| 2006 | 6 | #17,135 | 43 | #2,742 |
| 2005 | 11 | #10,113 | 36 | #2,954 |
| 2004 | under 5 | 26 | #3,630 | |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,823 | 23 | #3,831 |
| 2002 | 8 | #12,172 | 16 | #4,906 |
| 2000 | under 5 | 12 | #5,905 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 6 | #9,898 | |
| 1998 | 7 | #12,412 | 8 | #7,547 |
| 1996 | under 5 | 6 | #9,002 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 6 | #8,853 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 7 | #7,760 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 7 | #7,413 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 6 | #8,224 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 5 | #7,817 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 5 | #7,574 | |
| 1984 | 6 | #10,412 | under 5 | |
| 1983 | 8 | #8,044 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 7 | #9,106 | under 5 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 6 | #5,458 | |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,923 | under 5 | |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,547 | under 5 | |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,598 | under 5 | |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,299 | under 5 | |
| 1925 | 8 | #4,025 | under 5 | |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,892 | under 5 | |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,348 | under 5 | |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,780 | under 5 | |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,862 | under 5 | |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,594 | under 5 | |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,809 | under 5 | |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,339 | under 5 | |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,831 | under 5 | |
| 1915 | 6 | #4,267 | under 5 | |
| 1914 | 5 | #4,200 | under 5 | |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,537 | under 5 | |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,357 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 7 | #2,138 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,431 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,228 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Zephyr a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,223 Americans recorded as Zephyr, 22% are girls and 78% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Zephyr: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Zephyr, and how old are they?
3,060 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 3,223 Americans ever recorded as Zephyr. The median Zephyr alive today is 8 years old; half are between 4 and 13.
The 2020 Census counted 1,841 people named Zephyr (475 women and girls, 1,366 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,825 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 60 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 660 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,340 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Zephyr born?
The states with the most babies named Zephyr are California, Texas and Washington, with 59% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Washington is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 42 | #744 | 1.7× |
| Texas | 15 | #1,346 | 0.6× |
| Washington | 11 | #638 | 1.3× |
| Florida | 9 | #1,351 | 0.3× |
| Tennessee | 7 | #924 | 0.2× |
| Oregon | 6 | #602 | 1.3× |
| Colorado | 6 | #847 | 0.8× |
| New York | 5 | #2,042 | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,437 | 0.2× |
| Kentucky | 5 | #813 | 0.1× |
Where Zephyr is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Zephyr is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Zephyr with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Zephyr
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Zephyr and names like it
- Compare Zephyr and CopelandBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sZephyr peaked in 2021.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Zephyr since 1910.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Zephyr.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Zephyr alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with ZMost given first.