Zef

Boy · recorded 1973–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1973best year

Most popular in 1973.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Zef.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1973

02419731986199820112023

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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 8 recorded years as a table
Zef, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19734
19833
19863
19943
20003
20113
20133
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Zef 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 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#12,239
How rare
1 in 342,115 boys
Since 1973
44

Zef was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1973, at 4 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Zef doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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