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Zephyr

#1,203 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

West wind

Zephyr has been given to 3,223 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #1,203 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 195 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% boys, 22% girls all-time.

Babies named Zephyr, 2025

1 in 19,600

Zephyr over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Zephyr over time

In 2025, Zephyr went to 15% girls and 85% boys.

19052025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Zephyr: meaning, origin, and history

West wind

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zephyr means

Zephyr means “west wind”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,528 boys were recorded with the name Zephyr between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 195 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,097 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,270 in 2020 to #1,203 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,368 in 2015 to #1,203 in 2025.

In the United States, 695 girls were recorded with the name Zephyr between 1905 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 42 in 2020; its best national rank was #2,138 in 1910.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,605 in 2020 to #4,754 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,454 in 2015 to #4,754 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.

How common is Zephyr?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 19,600
169 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 10,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,203
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
13,598 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Zephyr 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 13,598 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zephyr. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zephyrs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zephyr was born before 2018 — so the typical Zephyr is around 7 today.

Median birth year
2018
About 7 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
42.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,528
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 42.7% of all recorded uses (1,079).

Is Zephyr 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
−75
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+67
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+165
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.32×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
86.7%
Peak was 2022 (195)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,097
2021

Spellings of Zephyr

Zephyr is the most-used spelling, taking 82.3% of the 3,072 babies given a near-identical spelling.

  • Zephyr82.3%2,528
  • Zephan17.7%544

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 Zephyr is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Zephyr was most concentrated in Oregon — about 1 in 3,571 boys, against 1 in 12,179 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

128 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oregon1 in 3,571
  2. 2California1 in 5,000
  3. 3Washington1 in 5,263
  4. 4Colorado1 in 7,143
  5. 5Hawaii1 in 7,143
  6. 6Arizona1 in 10,000
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 12,500
  8. 8Nevada1 in 14,286

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.

Where Zephyr is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Zephyr was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 291,012 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Zephyr has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Zephyr around the world

Where Zephyr ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2025
    #1,153
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2013–2013
    #687
    in 2013
  • France
    1900–2025
    #636
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2005–2024
    #1,011
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1979–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Zephyr

People whose public names include Zephyr, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Zephyr in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Zephyr. Linked forms have their own page here.

Zéphir

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Zephyr by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,203
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 67
Best rank ever
#1,097
2021
Peak year
2022
195 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,528
Count in 2025
169

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,754
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,149
Best rank ever
#2,138
1910
Peak year
2020
42 that year
First recorded
1905
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
695
Count in 2025
29

Names similar to Zephyr

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

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Names with a curve like Zephyr

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Zephyr, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Zephyr

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

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