Boys' name · since 2008
Zeplin
Zeplin has 119 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,306 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,458 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 119
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zeplin currently ranks #11458 among boys' names in America, with 119 babies recorded since 2008.
Zeplin has 119 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11458 as of the latest data, more common than 18% 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 2008 to 2025.
- #16,306 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,458 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 119 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeplin ranks #16,306 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,458 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 119 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,306 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,458 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 119
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zeplin's 119 recorded births place it above 64.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zeplin compares
119 29th percentile among 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
Zeplin's all-time total is 68% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zeplin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 119 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zeplin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zeplin's full recorded timeline at 2018, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zeplin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Zeplin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (75 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Zeplin's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Zeplin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 75 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Zeplin's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zeplin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Zeplin 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.