Zed
#7,698 most common boys' name of all time · #19,369 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–2025
Rank among boys
#7,698
Rank overall
#19,369 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
454
Since 2016
120
Peak year
2018 #5,113
Best rank
#923 1894
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Zed first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,931 |
| 2024 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,913 |
| 2023 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,303 |
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,842 |
| 2021 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,346 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,578 |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2018 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,113 |
| 2017 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,800 |
| 2016 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2015 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,777 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,764 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,138 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,187 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,851 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,720 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,887 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,418 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,757 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,186 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,960 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,494 |
| 2000 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,606 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,958 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,868 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,809 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,750 |
| 1991 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,542 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,455 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,264 |
| 1988 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,719 |
| 1987 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,600 |
| 1986 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,672 |
| 1985 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,371 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,016 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,325 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,131 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,160 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,464 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,053 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,608 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,344 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,733 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 1937 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,957 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,995 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,829 |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,412 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,255 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,853 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,218 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,401 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,596 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,212 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,208 |
| 1894 | — | 7 | 7 | #923 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,022 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,099 |