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Zephaniah

Pronounced /zɛfəˈnaɪə/

Rank in 2024
#1,334
Born in 2024
143
Peak year
2019 · #1143
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 143 boys were named Zephaniah, about 1 in every 11,995.
  • It peaked in 2019 with 170 babies, ranked #1143.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1972.
  • 3,254 boys have been named Zephaniah since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Zephaniah per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 44 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 269 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,320 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,621 babies, 0.07 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Hebrew צְפַנְיָה (ts'fanyá).

  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/zɛfəˈnaɪə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Zephaniah, CC BY-SA 4.0.