Zebedee · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1907

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 113 recorded years as a table

Zebedee, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1907	48
1912	26
1913	16
1914	15
1915	7
1916	9
1917	13
1918	12
1919	18
1920	12
1921	13
1922	10
1923	18
1924	15
1925	9
1926	7
1927	7
1928	15
1929	8
1930	8
1931	7
1932	12
1933	8
1934	19
1935	12
1936	8
1937	11
1938	7
1939	10
1940	6
1941	8
1942	6
1943	6
1944	4
1945	4
1946	6
1947	8
1948	9
1949	6
1950	12
1951	8
1952	6
1953	8
1954	9
1955	9
1956	7
1957	10
1958	6
1959	11
1960	7
1961	8
1962	4
1963	5
1964	5
1965	3
1966	7
1967	3
1968	5
1969	5
1971	6
1972	6
1973	5
1974	4
1975	6
1976	4
1977	7
1978	4
1979	5
1980	5
1981	6
1982	8
1983	4
1984	3
1985	5
1986	5
1987	5
1988	3
1989	8
1990	4
1991	2
1992	3
1993	6
1994	7
1995	4
1996	5
1997	7
1998	4
1999	5
2000	8
2001	6
2002	5
2004	6
2005	4
2006	4
2007	5
2008	4
2009	4
2010	4
2011	4
2012	3
2013	5
2014	4
2015	6
2016	5
2017	4
2018	6
2019	7
2020	8
2021	5
2022	12
2023	20
2024	22
2025	11

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Zebedee isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 19
Rank in 2025: #5,045
How rare: 1 in 89,898 boys
Since 1907: 1,276

Most popular in 1907, at 48 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 94% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.