Recorded 1905–2025 · United States
Zephyr was most popular in 2021, when 233 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,020 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,221, with 198 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,223 people named Zephyr.
Zephyr first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1905, which makes it about 120 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 58 of the 121 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,223 American births named Zephyr between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,064 are estimated to be alive today.
198 American babies were named Zephyr in 2025, ranking #2,221 that year.
Zephyr is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 223 births a year, against 113 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +98% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Zephyr is a unisex name — 21.6% of the 3,223 Americans given it were girls and 78.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 18% girls and 82% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 3,064 Americans named Zephyr are alive today — 95% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 8 years old, and half are between 4 and 13. That is a narrow band because Zephyr is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org