Zephan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zephan: Recorded since 2001, it reached #1,981 in 2009, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#1981highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#2587
2004	#3651
2005	#2418
2006	#3385
2008	#4432
2009	#1981
2010	#2400
2011	#2390
2012	#2270
2013	#4685
2014	#2690
2015	#3908
2016	#4810
2017	#3040
2018	#2693
2019	#2266
2020	#3848
2022	#4789
2023	#2160
2024	#3254

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #2587 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #1981 among boys in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zephan 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 Zephan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	30	6 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	64	10 of 10	6
2020s	23	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Zephan 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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1981 in England and Wales in 2009.

Zephan'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	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 2001 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,981, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
13 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 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.

Kwadwo · #1981, 21y
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Yechiel · #1981, 18y
Dilpreet · #1979, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Pratham · #1981, 20y
Rilee · #1981, 12y
Raniyah · #1983, 16y
Riyana · #1983, 19y

Zephan 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 Zephan without appearing here.

Zephan moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3385 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1981 and #4527.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Zephan

Mathias Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2587 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1160.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2270 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #2403.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2266 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #1935.

Moved the same way as Zephan

Brent Compare
Between 2001 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Zephan went from #2587 to #4789 and Brent from #1078 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 2001 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Zephan went from #2587 to #4789 and Ole from #3134 to #4789.
Tor Compare
Between 2001 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Zephan went from #2587 to #4789 and Tor from #1746 to #3449.
Brooke Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Zephan went from #2587 to #3848 and Brooke from #1286 to #4608.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1981 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zephan

Zephan at a glance

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Popularity journey

Zephan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zephan at a glance

Zephan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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