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Zeph

Boy · Hebrew

Zeph is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).

What does Zeph mean?

Hebrew

A diminutive of the male given name Zephaniah, from Hebrew.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Zeph a girl's or a boy's name?

Zeph is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Zeph in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 8 boys.

Half of all the boys named Zeph in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1998Busiest: 8 in 20092024
Zeph in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20244#4,346
20236#3,279
20225#3,639
20215#3,614
20205#3,502
20190–
20184#4,169
20175#3,608
20163#5,015
20153#4,955
20140–
20130–
20127#2,849
20114#3,986
20104#4,026
20098#2,445
20085#3,305
20071#5,736
20063#4,204
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20015#2,326
20000–
19990–
19981#3,884

How popular is Zeph in the US?

Rank in 2025
#12,003among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 340,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Zeph, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.

2025 had fewer boys named Zeph than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Zeph in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1992Busiest: 11 in 20012025
Zeph in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#12,003
20246#10,930
20237#9,757
20227#9,815
20217#9,709
20205#12,016
20190–
20186#10,754
20170–
20169#8,141
20150–
20148#8,775
20130–
20120–
20115#12,280
20100–
20096#10,989
20088#9,013
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20037#8,636
20020–
200111#6,006
20005#10,341
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19935#8,693
19925#8,426

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