Zebulun
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Zebulun is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Zebulun mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zebulun a girl's or a boy's name?
Zebulun is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zebulun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Zebulun, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Zebulun in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zebulun in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,898 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
Names like Zebulun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Omari, Binyomin, Kwame, Menachem, Om, Zion, Kobe, Obi, Ayomide, Yehuda, Tadeo, Ibrahim
Names related to Zebulun
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, “Zebulun: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zebulun, updated 20 October 2026.