girls:
634 births since 1905
#5082 (11th percentile)
boys:
2.2k births since 1975
#2707 (41st percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1905
#5103 (34th percentile)
The name Zephyr is the #5,103 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,800 recorded births since 1905. This represents the 34.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,707 (40.9% percentile) for all time with 2,166 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #5,082 (11.1% percentile) for all time with 634 births since 1905.
Zephyr first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1905 (1905 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for Zephyr is available in 56 out of the 119 years between 1905 and 2023 (45 years for girls and 33 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Zephyr has been given predominantly to boys, with 77.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 81.7% of babies named Zephyr were boys. Interestingly, until around 1975, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1905 to 1974), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (81.3% boys from 1975 to 2023).
For boys, Zephyr reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 20.5% percentile (ranked #735) with 104 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 104 births per million (ranked 20.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1994, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zephyr is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #728 (20.1% percentile) with 103 births per million.
For girls, Zephyr reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #903) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 24 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zephyr is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #910 (3.9% percentile) with 24 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zephyr".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Zephyr. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.5% confident that Zephyr is pronounced as ZEH-fer, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZEE-fer, at 9.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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