Zephaniah

Boy name

Zephaniah has been given to 3,857 babies in the U.S. since 1972. It peaked in 2019.

Meaning & origin /zɛfəˈnaɪə/

From Hebrew צְפַנְיָה (ts'fanyá).

Origin: Hebrew

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

3,857

Peak year

2019 (194 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1972

10-year trend

▲ +1%

Gender split

12% girls / 88% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Zephaniah.

3,864 babies since 1880

3,844 babies since 1912

3,843 babies since 1973

3,893 babies since 1917

3,819 babies since 1991

3,818 babies since 1968

3,898 babies since 1989

3,901 babies since 1880

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