Zeplin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZEP-lin
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Zeplin is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “rigid airship”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Zeplin mean?
English: spelling of Zepplin; from zeppelin, the airship named after Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
“rigid airship”
Parents often choose it for the rock band Led Zeppelin; the airships took their name from their German pioneer.
Meaning borrowed from Zepplin.
Is Zeplin a girl's or a boy's name?
Zeplin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zeplin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Zeplin, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Zeplin in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zeplin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
Nicknames for Zeplin
- Zep
Names like Zeplin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chozen Tru Kaizen Kairo Dutton Kingston Kenzo Sevyn Kashton Brixton Colson Wesson
Names related to Zeplin
More English 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, “Zeplin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zeplin, updated 20 October 2026.