Zeb is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1979 and has since faded.
Zeb is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #7,189 for boy births in the United States (and #15,090 across all names), given to 12 babies. Zeb first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1979 (65 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | #7,189 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | #6,826 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | #6,509 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | #5,559 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | #6,290 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | #8,203 |
| 2018 | 23 | 23 | #4,475 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | #6,054 |
| 2016 | 25 | 25 | #4,195 |
| 2015 | 16 | 16 | #5,741 |
| 2014 | 31 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 2013 | 27 | 27 | #3,861 |
| 2012 | 31 | 31 | #3,526 |
| 2011 | 32 | 32 | #3,431 |
| 2010 | 18 | 18 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 27 | 27 | #3,918 |
| 2008 | 35 | 35 | #3,285 |
| 2007 | 25 | 25 | #4,123 |
| 2006 | 31 | 31 | #3,450 |
| 2005 | 33 | 33 | #3,171 |
| 2004 | 28 | 28 | #3,455 |
| 2003 | 35 | 35 | #2,845 |
| 2002 | 30 | 30 | #3,092 |
| 2001 | 35 | 35 | #2,741 |
| 2000 | 26 | 26 | #3,298 |
| 1999 | 26 | 26 | #3,181 |
| 1998 | 19 | 19 | #3,847 |
| 1997 | 22 | — | #3,349 |
| 1996 | 18 | — | #3,829 |
| 1995 | 28 | — | #2,684 |
| 1994 | 27 | — | #2,765 |
| 1993 | 24 | — | #2,942 |
| 1992 | 17 | — | #3,747 |
| 1991 | 34 | — | #2,189 |
| 1990 | 24 | — | #2,779 |
| 1989 | 17 | — | #3,444 |
| 1988 | 24 | — | #2,508 |
| 1987 | 18 | — | #2,941 |
| 1986 | 21 | — | #2,600 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | #3,598 |
| 1984 | 35 | — | #1,689 |
| 1983 | 34 | — | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 35 | — | #1,693 |
| 1980 | 40 | — | #1,546 |
| 1979 | 65 | — | #1,115 |
| 1978 | 59 | — | #1,169 |
| 1977 | 26 | — | #1,947 |
| 1976 | 20 | — | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | #3,245 |
| 1974 | 17 | — | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | #2,715 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #3,657 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | #3,833 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | #4,402 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #3,362 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | #3,248 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | #2,616 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #4,046 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | #3,096 |
| 1960 | 17 | — | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 15 | — | #2,175 |
| 1957 | 21 | — | #1,790 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | #2,496 |
| 1955 | 15 | — | #2,137 |
| 1954 | 11 | — | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 11 | — | #2,529 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 16 | — | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 14 | — | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 16 | — | #1,940 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 14 | — | #2,167 |
| 1946 | 17 | — | #1,812 |
| 1945 | 17 | — | #1,696 |
| 1944 | 16 | — | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 20 | — | #1,628 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | #2,332 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #1,801 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | #2,157 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | #1,900 |
| 1937 | 17 | — | #1,755 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | #2,183 |
| 1935 | 20 | — | #1,583 |
| 1934 | 14 | — | #2,021 |
| 1933 | 30 | — | #1,229 |
| 1932 | 23 | — | #1,508 |
| 1931 | 23 | — | #1,488 |
| 1930 | 29 | — | #1,367 |
| 1929 | 28 | — | #1,377 |
| 1928 | 25 | — | #1,521 |
| 1927 | 26 | — | #1,515 |
| 1926 | 28 | — | #1,403 |
| 1925 | 35 | — | #1,224 |
| 1924 | 41 | — | #1,132 |
| 1923 | 31 | — | #1,321 |
| 1922 | 48 | — | #1,031 |
| 1921 | 37 | — | #1,198 |
| 1920 | 28 | — | #1,415 |
| 1919 | 30 | — | #1,320 |
| 1918 | 42 | — | #1,061 |
| 1917 | 23 | — | #1,527 |
| 1916 | 24 | — | #1,458 |
| 1915 | 26 | — | #1,341 |
| 1914 | 31 | — | #1,018 |
| 1913 | 18 | — | #1,255 |
| 1912 | 17 | — | #1,173 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #1,419 |
| 1909 | 12 | — | #892 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #1,547 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,251 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | #1,000 |
| 1904 | 11 | — | #759 |
| 1903 | 12 | — | #695 |
| 1902 | 8 | — | #932 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,210 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | #856 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | #1,001 |
| 1896 | 13 | — | #640 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | #683 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | #1,072 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | #1,032 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | #955 |
| 1891 | 8 | — | #765 |
| 1890 | 8 | — | #813 |
| 1889 | 8 | — | #788 |
| 1888 | 16 | — | #504 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | #751 |
| 1886 | 8 | — | #757 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #1,097 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | #612 |
| 1883 | 13 | — | #526 |
| 1882 | 10 | — | #651 |
| 1881 | 10 | — | #594 |
| 1880 | 10 | — | #639 |