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How popular is the name Zebedee?
Births per year, rank history and how many Zebedees are alive today.
Zebedee (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2014th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. The name peaked in 2017, when 19 babies were given the name, the 1339th most popular that year.
The Zebedee you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Zebedees born in England and Wales are between 7 and 21, and there are at least 310 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Zebedee - on average, only one in every 978 such rooms contains a Zebedee.
How many babies are named Zebedee each year?
Where does Zebedee rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Zebedee most popular?
Zebedee peaked in 2017, when 19 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Zebedee?
At least 310 people named Zebedee born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Zebedee?
Most living Zebedees are between 7 and 21; the most common age is about 10.
Is Zebedee becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.