Zebedee
Zebedee was the 5203rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1907, when it ranked 1199th; the most babies were born in 2024 (38). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,281 places. More babies were named Zebedee in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,203 boys, up 1,088 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 19boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202438 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,276babies recorded
Zebedee popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,203 | 19 |
| 2020 | #6,291 | 14 |
| 2010 | #9,681 | 8 |
| 2000 | #5,039 | 15 |
| 1990 | #5,817 | 9 |
| 1980 | #4,491 | 9 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | #2,209 | 15 |
| 1950 | #1,656 | 21 |
| 1940 | #3,128 | 7 |
| 1930 | #3,019 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,456 | 13 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Zebedee, counting every spelling?
Zebedee has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Zebedee?
19 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zebedee (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Zebedee born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 439 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zebedee.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zebedee?
About 800 people born in the US named Zebedee are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 13 and 63. That makes Zebedee mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Zebedee
How popular is the name Zebedee?
Zebedee was the 5203rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1907, when it ranked 1199th; the most babies were born in 2024 (38). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,281 places. More babies were named Zebedee in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Zebedee a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Zebedee in the US.