Zeppelin
Zeppelin was the 1508th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 117 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1227th with 161 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 546 places. More babies were named Zeppelin in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,508 boys, down 21 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 117boys
- Girls and boys
- 18% girls, 82% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022161 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,793babies recorded
Zeppelin popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #7,482 | #1,508 | 15 | 117 |
| 2020 | #4,168 | #1,487 | 34 | 115 |
| 2010 | — | #3,993 | — | 26 |
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How popular is Zeppelin, counting every spelling?
Zeppelin has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,414 for boys in 2025, against #1,508 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Zeppelin?
117 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zeppelin (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Zeppelin 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 72 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zeppelin.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zeppelin?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Zeppelin are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 10. That makes Zeppelin a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Zeppelin by state
How common Zeppelin was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (3.4×), Kentucky (3.1×), Indiana (2.5×), Tennessee (1.5×). In 33 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Zeppelin
How popular is the name Zeppelin?
Zeppelin was the 1508th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 117 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1227th with 161 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 546 places. More babies were named Zeppelin in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Zeppelin a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 18% girls, 82% boys given the name Zeppelin in the US.
Where is Zeppelin most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zeppelin was most common in Oklahoma (0.27 per 1,000 boys), followed by Kentucky and Indiana.