Is Zeb a boy or girl name?

Zeb is a boy’s name. Of the 2,750 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Zeb

Recorded 1880–2025 · United States

Zeb was most popular in 1979, when 65 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,697 that year. In 2025 it ranked #14,309, with 12 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,750 people named Zeb.

Zeb over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zeb’s peak in 1979. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zeb a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zeb is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,750 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Zeb

Where Zeb is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

North Carolina 31.1×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org