Zeba
Girl · ZAY-bah · Persian
Zeba is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “beautiful, adorned”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Zeba mean?
Persian: from Persian ziba, also used in Urdu
“beautiful, adorned”
Shares its Persian root zib, 'adornment', with the names of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and his poet daughter Zeb-un-Nissa.
- Say it
- ZAY-bah
Is Zeba a girl's or a boy's name?
Zeba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zeba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Zeba, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zeba in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Zeba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Zeba in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Zeba in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zeba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
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