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How popular is the name Zephyr?

Births per year, rank history and how many Zephyrs are alive today.

Zephyr (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1153rd in 2025 and given to 25 babies. The name peaked in 2021, when 39 babies were given the name, the 815th most popular that year.

The Zephyr you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Zephyrs born in England and Wales are between 4 and 13, and there are at least 400 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 Zephyr - on average, only one in every 758 such rooms contains a Zephyr.

How many babies are named Zephyr each year?

01020304020202002: 32004: 32005: 72006: 62007: 72008: 62009: 72010: 52011: 122012: 122013: 142014: 122015: 212016: 212017: 322018: 202019: 222020: 182021: 392022: 332023: 322024: 282025: 25actual

Where does Zephyr rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,00020202002: ranked 3,2252004: ranked 3,6512005: ranked 2,1742006: ranked 2,5382007: ranked 2,4352008: ranked 2,7752009: ranked 2,5442010: ranked 3,3322011: ranked 1,7882012: ranked 1,8522013: ranked 1,6172014: ranked 1,8192015: ranked 1,2362016: ranked 1,2712017: ranked 9432018: ranked 1,2842019: ranked 1,1892020: ranked 1,3792021: ranked 8152022: ranked 9252023: ranked 9422024: ranked 1,0532025: ranked 1,153

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.

Chart: babies named Zephyr per year in England and Wales, 2002 to 2025, peaking at about 39 in 2021
Zephyr: births per year in England and Wales, 2002-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Zephyr most popular?

Zephyr peaked in 2021, when 39 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Zephyr?

At least 400 people named Zephyr born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Zephyr?

Most living Zephyrs are between 4 and 13; the most common age is about 4.

Is Zephyr becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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