Zeppelin
Mostly boys · ZEP-uh-lin
Zeppelin is a name. In 2025 it ranked 1,499th for boys in the US (117 babies).
What does Zeppelin mean?
German surname from a place name in Mecklenburg
Associated with the airships of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and with the rock band Led Zeppelin.
- Say it
- ZEP-uh-lin
Is Zeppelin a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Zeppelin has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 117 boys in the US.
How popular is Zeppelin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,499among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 117about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 117 boys in the US were named Zeppelin, making it the 1,499th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,478th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 161 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995. 15 girls were also named Zeppelin in 2025 (7,131st for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Zeppelin than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Zeppelin in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11% of the babies named Zeppelin in the US were girls.
Zeppelin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | #1,499 |
| 2024 | 137 | #1,371 |
| 2023 | 136 | #1,369 |
| 2022 | 161 | #1,220 |
| 2021 | 137 | #1,349 |
| 2020 | 115 | #1,478 |
| 2019 | 99 | #1,642 |
| 2018 | 118 | #1,465 |
| 2017 | 93 | #1,695 |
| 2016 | 71 | #2,012 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,036 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Zeppelin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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