How Many People Are Named Zebedee?
people named Zebedee are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 416,303 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,276 babies named Zebedee in Social Security records from 1907 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
38 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Ζεβεδαιος (Zebedaios), the Greek form of ZEBADIAH used in the New Testament, where it refers to the father of the apostles James and John.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zebedee in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zebedee alive today is about 38 years old, and 42% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zebedee first appears in the records in 1907 and was given most often in 2024, to 38 babies. In 2025, 19 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1907 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zebedee has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,198, in 1907. In 2025 it ranked #5,202.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,202 |
| Best rank | #1,198 (1907) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,896 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zebedee alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zebedee were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today.
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