Zeta
Zeta was the 7129th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1897, when it ranked 981st; the most babies were born in 2005 (33). Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,699 places. More babies were named Zeta in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,129 girls, down 210 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 16girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200533 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,354babies recorded
Zeta popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,129 | 16 |
| 2020 | #6,919 | 17 |
| 2010 | #7,214 | 18 |
| 2000 | #7,153 | 15 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | #4,180 | 11 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | #2,736 | 11 |
| 1930 | #2,022 | 18 |
| 1920 | #1,707 | 25 |
| 1910 | #1,519 | 11 |
| 1900 | #1,229 | 11 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Zeta, counting every spelling?
Zeta is the most common spelling of a name family that had 21 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 21 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeta | 16 | #7,129 | 70 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Zeta?
16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zeta (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zeta 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 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zeta.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zeta?
About 700 people born in the US named Zeta are alive today, with a median age of 21; half are between 13 and 60. That makes Zeta mostly worn by children and young adults. 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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Zeta: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Zeta, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Zeta
How popular is the name Zeta?
Zeta was the 7129th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1897, when it ranked 981st; the most babies were born in 2005 (33). Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,699 places. More babies were named Zeta in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Zeta a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Zeta in the US.