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How popular is the name Zeus?

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

Zeus (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2021, when 12 babies were given the name, the 1860th most popular that year. It has declined since 2021; the 2025 figure is roughly 33% of its peak.

The Zeus you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Zeuses born in England and Wales are between 5 and 17, and there are at least 160 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 Zeus - on average, only one in every 1,894 such rooms contains a Zeus.

How many babies are named Zeus each year?

051020202002: 32004: 52005: 32009: 52010: 72011: 32012: 32013: 72014: 42015: 52016: 72017: 92018: 112019: 92020: 72021: 122022: 102023: 112024: 102025: 4actual

Where does Zeus rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,00020202002: ranked 3,2252004: ranked 2,5782005: ranked 3,8492009: ranked 3,2272010: ranked 2,6292011: ranked 4,6472012: ranked 4,8052013: ranked 2,6602014: ranked 3,8952015: ranked 3,3732016: ranked 2,8042017: ranked 2,3242018: ranked 1,9912019: ranked 2,2662020: ranked 2,6822021: ranked 1,8602022: ranked 2,1662023: ranked 2,0082024: ranked 2,2642025: ranked 4,275

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 Zeus per year in England and Wales, 2002 to 2025, peaking at about 12 in 2021
Zeus: births per year in England and Wales, 2002-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Zeus most popular?

Zeus peaked in 2021, when 12 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Zeus?

At least 160 people named Zeus born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Zeus?

Most living Zeuses are between 5 and 17; the most common age is about 4.

Is Zeus becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2021 peak.






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