girls:
251 births since 2013
#5465 (4th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1995
#3364 (27th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1995
#6249 (19th percentile)
The name Zeppelin is the #6,249 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,496 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 19.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,364 (26.6% percentile) for all time with 1,245 births since 1995. For girls, it ranks #5,465 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 251 births since 2013.
Zeppelin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for boys and 2013 for girls). Birth data for Zeppelin is available in 22 out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2023 (22 years for boys and 11 years for girls). 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 Zeppelin has been given predominantly to boys, with 83.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 83.3% of babies named Zeppelin were boys.
For boys, Zeppelin reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 16.9% percentile (ranked #768) with 86 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 86 births per million (ranked 16.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zeppelin ranks #781 for boys (14.3% percentile) with 74 births per million, which is 85.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Zeppelin reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #899) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zeppelin ranks #925 for girls (2.3% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 65.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zeppelin".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Zeppelin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.0% confident that Zeppelin is pronounced as ZEH-puh-lihn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZEHP-lihn, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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