Zebulon
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Zebulon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Zebulon mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zebulon a girl's or a boy's name?
Zebulon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zebulon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Zebulon, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 125 boys. It first appears in the records in 1891.
Half of all the boys named Zebulon in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zebulon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 38 | #2,515 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,011 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,556 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,057 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,068 |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,882 |
| 1994 | 46 | #1,846 |
| 1993 | 43 | #1,902 |
| 1992 | 45 | #1,815 |
| 1991 | 39 | #1,946 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,750 |
| 1989 | 45 | #1,700 |
| 1988 | 52 | #1,462 |
| 1987 | 42 | #1,634 |
| 1986 | 45 | #1,492 |
| 1985 | 53 | #1,320 |
| 1984 | 83 | #975 |
| 1983 | 46 | #1,374 |
| 1982 | 72 | #1,072 |
| 1981 | 80 | #1,014 |
| 1980 | 92 | #927 |
| 1979 | 125 | #775 |
| 1978 | 92 | #898 |
| 1977 | 39 | #1,476 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
Names like Zebulon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Benjamin Omari Joshua Aaron Zachary Zachariah Zion Jordan Cameron Jameson Josiah Menachem
Names related to Zebulon
More Hebrew names
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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, “Zebulon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zebulon, updated 20 October 2026.