Zeba

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Zeba: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Zeba: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,072, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1072highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1072
1997	#1234
1998	#1211
1999	#1675
2000	#1688
2001	#2466
2002	#1928
2003	#1843
2004	#1383
2005	#2247
2006	#2509
2007	#4294
2008	#3860
2009	#3422
2010	#4012
2011	#4049
2012	#3681
2013	#4739
2022	#4645
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 21 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1072 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1072 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Zeba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Zeba in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	59	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	83	10 of 10	8
2010s	20	4 of 10	5
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Zeba appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1072 in England and Wales in 1996.

Zeba's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1211	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1234	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1072	18	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,072, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kaiyan · #1071, 21y
Marium · #1074, 26y
Alyza · #1069, 16y
Poppy-May · #1075, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Eleana · #1072, 29y
Jaycee · #1072, 29y
Sadiya · #1072, 28y
Gwenllian · #1074, 29y

Zeba and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Zeba without appearing here.

Zeba moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2466 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1928 and #3409.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Zeba

Ezra Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #1215.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #1452.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Dylan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2509 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #4294 and #2085.

Moved the opposite way to Zeba

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeba went from #1072 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeba went from #1072 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeba went from #1072 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeba went from #1072 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Zeba

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeba went from #1072 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeba went from #1072 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeba went from #1072 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeba went from #1072 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1072 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zeba

Zeba at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zeba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Zeba at a glance

Zeba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Zeba appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Zeba and the names beside it

Zeba moved ahead of

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