Zebedee

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zebedee: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,339 in 2017, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1339highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#2337
1999	#2425
2000	#2501
2002	#2005
2003	#2470
2004	#1498
2005	#1716
2006	#2087
2007	#1578
2008	#1706
2009	#1649
2010	#2629
2011	#2039
2012	#2721
2013	#1617
2014	#1721
2015	#1442
2016	#2175
2017	#1339
2018	#1610
2019	#2266
2020	#1935
2021	#1782
2022	#1692
2023	#3112
2024	#1951

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 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 #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1339 among boys in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zebedee by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Zebedee in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	3 of 10	4
2000s	82	9 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	121	10 of 10	12
2020s	56	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Zebedee 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: #1339 in England and Wales in 2017.

Zebedee'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	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	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 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,339, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
23 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,951position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
19births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 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.

Riyadh · #1339, 24y
Yameen · #1339, 26y
Judd · #1337, 26y
Zehra · #1337, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Yameen · #1339, 26y
Chun · #1337, 20y
Judd · #1337, 26y
Zehra · #1337, 29y

Zebedee 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 Zebedee without appearing here.

Zebedee moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #4270.
Robyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Zebedee

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1649 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #1201.
Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #2325.

What's not yet available

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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: #1339 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zebedee

Zebedee at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zebedee by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Zebedee appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Zebedee and the names beside it

Zebedee moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Zebedee

Zebedee at a glance

Zebedee by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Zebedee appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Zebedee and the names beside it

Zebedee moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Zebedee