Zeta is a rare girls' name that peaked in 2005 and has grown less common since.
Zeta is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #7,129 for girl births in the United States (and #12,319 across all names), given to 16 babies. Zeta was first reported in SSA data in 1888 and peaked in 2005 (33 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | #7,129 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | #9,546 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | #12,183 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | #7,628 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 13 | 13 | #8,593 |
| 2018 | 13 | 13 | #8,611 |
| 2017 | 21 | 21 | #6,041 |
| 2016 | 11 | 11 | #10,108 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 | #11,828 |
| 2014 | 20 | 20 | #6,446 |
| 2013 | 22 | 22 | #6,012 |
| 2012 | 20 | 20 | #6,572 |
| 2011 | 24 | 24 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 18 | 18 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 16 | 16 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 17 | 17 | #7,739 |
| 2007 | 23 | 23 | #6,085 |
| 2006 | 28 | 28 | #5,084 |
| 2005 | 33 | 33 | #4,265 |
| 2004 | 30 | 30 | #4,599 |
| 2003 | 24 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2002 | 19 | 19 | #6,128 |
| 2001 | 29 | 29 | #4,318 |
| 2000 | 15 | 15 | #7,153 |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #8,217 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | #6,899 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #8,290 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #8,703 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #8,198 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #7,622 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | #5,847 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | #4,180 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #6,241 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #7,029 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | #4,534 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #5,206 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #5,562 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | #4,010 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #4,650 |
| 1947 | 15 | — | #2,767 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #3,663 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | #3,130 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #4,053 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #3,735 |
| 1941 | 10 | — | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 20 | — | #1,796 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | #2,338 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #3,799 |
| 1936 | 10 | — | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 16 | — | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 13 | — | #2,422 |
| 1933 | 21 | — | #1,722 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | #2,830 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | #3,496 |
| 1930 | 18 | — | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 17 | — | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 13 | — | #2,621 |
| 1927 | 15 | — | #2,431 |
| 1926 | 18 | — | #2,164 |
| 1925 | 23 | — | #1,846 |
| 1924 | 16 | — | #2,407 |
| 1923 | 20 | — | #2,020 |
| 1922 | 23 | — | #1,835 |
| 1921 | 19 | — | #2,119 |
| 1920 | 25 | — | #1,707 |
| 1919 | 17 | — | #2,154 |
| 1918 | 21 | — | #1,885 |
| 1917 | 22 | — | #1,707 |
| 1916 | 18 | — | #1,947 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,792 |
| 1914 | 17 | — | #1,664 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | #2,460 |
| 1910 | 11 | — | #1,519 |
| 1909 | 8 | — | #1,761 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,861 |
| 1907 | 10 | — | #1,383 |
| 1906 | 14 | — | #1,042 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | #1,929 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | #1,484 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | #1,439 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | #1,592 |
| 1901 | 8 | — | #1,337 |
| 1900 | 11 | — | #1,229 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | #1,276 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | #1,262 |
| 1897 | 12 | — | #981 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | #1,579 |
| 1895 | 9 | — | #1,201 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | #1,351 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,652 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,472 |