Zeplin
#11,984 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Zeplin has been given to 119 babies in the U.S. since 2008. In 2025 it ranked #11,984 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 15 recorded.
Babies named Zeplin, 2025
1 in 553,000
Zeplin over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Zeplin?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 553,000
- 6 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 285,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #11,984
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 382,984 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Zeplin sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zeplin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Zeplins were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Zeplin was born before 2018 — so the typical Zeplin is around 7 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 63.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 119
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 63.0% of all recorded uses (75).
Is Zeplin 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
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −3,262
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −5,995
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.40×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 40.0%
- Peak was 2015 (15)
- Years since peak
- 10
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 35.1% average annual change
Spellings of Zeplin
Zeplin is not the most common spelling — Merlin is, with 51.6% against Zeplin's 0.41%.
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.
Zeplin around the world
Where Zeplin 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.
- South Australia2011–2011#784in 2011
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Zeplin by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Zeplin
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Zeplin
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.