Zygmund — boys' name
168 babies named Zygmund in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Zygmund was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Zygmund in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zygmund
The Social Security Administration has registered 168 babies named Zygmund between 1909 and 1929, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zygmund currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zygmund performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zygmund shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zygmund in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zygmund 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 168 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.
Zygmund at a glance
Last recorded 1929Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zygmund popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1909
- Peak year (1922)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1929.
168 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 17 births in a single year.
Zygmund by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 89 births that decade — 53% of Zygmund's all-time total
Zygmund decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Zygmund's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Zygmund by state
Where Zygmund concentrates geographically — total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 3.0% |
5 of 168 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 3.0% 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, 1909–1929 (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.