Zabdiel

#1,380 in 2025Boys' name

God is my gift

Zabdiel has been given to 1,533 babies in the U.S. since 1986. In 2025 it ranked #1,380 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 205 recorded.

Babies named Zabdiel, 2025

1 in 24,700

Zabdiel over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zabdiel: meaning, origin, and history

God is my gift

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zabdiel means

Zabdiel means “God is my gift”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,533 boys were recorded with the name Zabdiel between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 205 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,072 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,261 in 2020 to #1,380 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,428 in 2015 to #1,380 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Zabdiel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 24,700; 134 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 12,700; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #1,380; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 17,150 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zabdiel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 17,150 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zabdiel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zabdiels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zabdiel was born before 2019 — so the typical Zabdiel is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 49.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 94.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 1,533; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 49.6% of all recorded uses (761).

Is Zabdiel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +129; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +881; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,048; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 4.06×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 65.4%; Peak was 2022 (205)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 41.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,072; 2022

Spellings of Zabdiel

Zabdiel is not the most common spelling — Gabriel is, with 92.9% against Zabdiel's 0.36%.

Gabriel92.9%395,778
Abdiel1.8%7,715
Jadiel1.3%5,560
Yadiel0.99%4,226
Adiel0.69%2,944
Gadiel0.60%2,568
Abiel0.38%1,617
Zabdiel0.36%1,533

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Zabdiel is used

Across 2016–2025, Zabdiel was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 6,250 boys, against 1 in 14,414 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

116 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in 6,250
2New Jersey1 in 7,143
3Texas1 in 10,000
4New Mexico1 in 12,500
5California1 in 14,286
6Florida1 in 14,286
7Pennsylvania1 in 14,286
8Maryland1 in 16,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Zabdiel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #1,380
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 881
Best rank ever: #1,072; 2022
Peak year: 2022; 205 that year
First recorded: 1986
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,533
Count in 2025: 134

Names similar to Zabdiel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Zabdiel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Layne Isha Shoshana Shay Sapphire Emani Kamari Estela

For a brother

Gray Rian Mikael Kamryn Henri Bishop Lucio Torin

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