Zebadiah
Zebadiah is a boy's name that peaked in 2001, when it was the 2,117th most popular in the United States. In 2025 it ranked 3,583rd. About 1,100 Zebadiahs are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 24.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Zebadiah
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 1,112
- Estimated living today
- 1,100
- Median age today
- 24
- Peak year
- 2001
- Best rank
- 2,117th
- Rank in 2025
- 3,583rd
- First recorded
- 1974
How old the living Zebadiahs are
born that year still alive today
Of the 1,112 babies given the name since 1974, about 1,100 are alive — 97 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 2001 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Where the name comes from
Origin Hebrew
From Hebrew זְבַדְיָה (“gift of God, God has bestowed”), from זַבְדִּי (“my gift”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where Zebadiah is most common
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 2001
The most popular boys’ names the year Zebadiah peaked:
Related names
Zebadiah against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.