Zebadiah
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Zebadiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Zebadiah mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zebadiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zebadiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zebadiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Zebadiah, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had more boys named Zebadiah than any year since 2001.
Half of all the boys named Zebadiah in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zebadiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,113 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 42 | #2,196 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,070 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,162 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,048 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
Names like Zebadiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Abdullah Ibrahim Zamir Musa Zahir Ahmad Mustafa Hamza Zayd Abdulrahman Amir
Names related to Zebadiah
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zebadiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zebadiah, updated 20 October 2026.