Zephyra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZEF-ih-rah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Zephyra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “west wind”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Zephyra mean?
Greek: feminine form of Zephyr
“west wind”
Zephyrus was the Greek god of the gentle west wind.
Is Zephyra a girl's or a boy's name?
Zephyra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zephyra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 144% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Zephyra, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. It first appears in the records in 2009.
2025 had the most girls named Zephyra of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Zephyra in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zephyra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
Names like Zephyra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura, Zhamira, Elara, Daleyza, Zamira, Amora, Zayla, Zahara, Alara, Alaia, Lyra, Aitana
Names related to Zephyra
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Zephyra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zephyra, updated 20 October 2026.