Zeppelin
#1,508 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Zeppelin has been given to 1,793 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #1,508 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 161 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% boys, 16% girls all-time.
Babies named Zeppelin, 2025
1 in 28,300
Zeppelin 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Zeppelin over time
In 2025, Zeppelin went to 11% girls and 89% boys.
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.
How common is Zeppelin?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 28,300
- 117 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 14,600
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,508
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 19,641 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Zeppelin 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 19,641 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zeppelin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Zeppelins were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Zeppelin was born before 2020 — so the typical Zeppelin is around 5 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 53.4% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 99.7%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,504
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 53.4% of all recorded uses (803).
Is Zeppelin 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
- −126
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −21
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +546
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.67×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 72.7%
- Peak was 2022 (161)
- Years since peak
- 3
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 25.3% average annual change
Where Zeppelin is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Zeppelin was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 4,545 boys, against 1 in 16,184 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).
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 Zeppelin is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Zeppelin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 657,993 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Texas1 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. Zeppelin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Zeppelin around the world
Where Zeppelin 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 & Wales2022–2022#4,002in 2022
- Canada2015–2024#2,328in 2024
- South Australia2002–2008#726in 2008
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Zeppelin by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Zeppelin
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Zeppelin
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.