Zephyrus

#5,203 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Zephyros

Zephyrus has been given to 105 babies in the U.S. since 2011. In 2025 it ranked #5,203 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Zephyrus, 2025

1 in 174,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zephyrus: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Zephyros

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zephyrus means

Zephyrus is a form of Zephyros.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Zephyros.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 105 boys were recorded with the name Zephyrus between 2011 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2025; its best national rank was #5,203 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,031 in 2020 to #5,203 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 Zephyrus?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 174,000; 19 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 89,900; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #5,203; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 120,943 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zephyrus 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 120,943 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zephyrus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zephyruss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zephyrus was born before 2021 — so the typical Zephyrus is around 4 today.

Median birth year: 2021; About 4 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 59.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 105; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 59.0% of all recorded uses (62).

Is Zephyrus 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: +3,099; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +8,828; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (19)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 64.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,203; 2025

Spellings of Zephyrus

Zephyrus is not the most common spelling — Zephyr is, with 96.0% against Zephyrus's 4.0%.

Zephyr96.0%2,528
Zephyrus4.0%105

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.

Zephyrus around the world

Where Zephyrus 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
2015–2015
#3,908
in 2015

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Zephyrus by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #5,203
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 8,828
Best rank ever: #5,203; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 19 that year
First recorded: 2011
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 105
Count in 2025: 19

Names similar to Zephyrus

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

Zepplin Zeplin Arcturus Severus Zeppelin Demitrus Zepplyn Garrus Travarus Andrus Zeph Theodorus Zephan Lataurus Icarus Zephen Horus Demarus Cyprus Kyrus Zephryn Zephram Zyrus Tarvarus

Sibling names for Zephyrus

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

Annabell Leonor Karleigh Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Leander

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