Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Zeb

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Zeb
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1979

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19792024

Peak year

1979

Decline from peak

80%

2024

All-time

2,738

Zeb has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1979, when 65 boys were named Zeb.

In 2024, only 13 boys were given the name.

Down 80% from its peak.

All told, about 2,738 Americans have been named Zeb and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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