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Zeppelin

boys’ name · 83%girls’ name · 17%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Zeppelin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 134 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1340.01% of boys
Peak year
2022161 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1995
1,655people given the name
Babies named Zeppelin, by year of birthboysgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,381 boys have been named Zeppelin in the United States since 1995, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 161 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 49%.

Zeppelin is used for both sexes: 17% of its bearers are girls (274), most of them born around 2021.

By decade

Decadeboys named Zeppelin
1990s5
2000s71
2010s625
2020s680

In 2022, its biggest year

Zeppelin was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Zeppelin

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.