Zeta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-tuh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Zeta is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “sixth letter of Greek alphabet”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Zeta mean?
Greek: name of a Greek letter
“sixth letter of Greek alphabet”
Zeta is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet and the ancestor of the letter Z.
Is Zeta a girl's or a boy's name?
Zeta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zeta in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zeta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Zeta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Zeta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Zeta, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.
Half of all the girls named Zeta in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zeta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,191 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,731 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,688 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,005 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,658 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,010 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,338 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,075 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,794 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,307 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,944 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,785 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,048 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,666 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,805 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,867 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,603 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,002 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,363 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,318 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,227 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,170 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,180 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,171 |
| 1897 | 12 | #931 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,123 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
Names like Zeta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Zeta
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Zeta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zeta, updated 20 October 2026.