Zebediah
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Zebediah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Zebediah mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zebediah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zebediah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zebediah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Zebediah, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Zebediah than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Zebediah in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zebediah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
Names like Zebediah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Azariah Zamir Ibrahim Musa Muhammad Abdullah Zahir Zebadiah Zayd Zakariya Hamza Alijah
Names related to Zebediah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Zebediah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zebediah, updated 20 October 2026.