Zephyr

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zephyr: Recorded since 2002, it reached #815 in 2021, and it stood at #1,053 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#815highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2017–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2017	#5765
2018	#4684
2019	#3541
2020	#3899
2021	#2499
2022	#4645
2023	#2927
2024	#3695

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3225 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #815 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Zephyr appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 2002, and has registered 360 births with the name.

Zephyr across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Zephyr's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3225 (2002)	#815 (2021)	#1053 (2024)	22 of 23	360 (2002–2024)	39 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#5765 (2017)	#2499 (2021)	#3695 (2024)	8 of 8	46 (2017–2024)	10 (2021)

Zephyr 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 Zephyr in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	39	7 of 10	6
2010s	171	10 of 10	17
2020sbusiest	150	5 of 10	30

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 30 births a year.

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

Zephyr 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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #815 in England and Wales in 2021.

Zephyr'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1053	28	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#942	32	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#925	33	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#815	39	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1189	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1284	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#943	32	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1271	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1236	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	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 2002 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #815, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 39 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 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.

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.

Maaria · #816, 24y
Percival · #814, 21y
Zephaniah · #814, 25y
Imaani · #817, 25y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Zephaniah · #814, 25y
Layla-Mae · #813, 18y
Effy · #812, 18y
Nansi · #812, 22y

Zephyr was ranked #815 in England and Wales · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Zephyr 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 Zephyr without appearing here.

Zephyr moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1617 and #4685.
Jade Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3332 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1819 and #4632.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.

Moved the opposite way to Zephyr

Aaron Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zephyr went from #3225 to #1053 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zephyr went from #3225 to #1053 while Adam went from #17 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zephyr went from #3225 to #1053 while Alan went from #239 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zephyr went from #3225 to #1053 while Alex went from #42 to #171.

Moved the same way as Zephyr

Albie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zephyr went from #3225 to #1053 and Albie from #722 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zephyr went from #3225 to #1053 and Alfie from #49 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zephyr went from #3225 to #1053 and Alfred from #142 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zephyr went from #3225 to #1053 and Archie from #55 to #10.

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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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #815 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zephyr

Zephyr at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zephyr across 2 official records

Zephyr by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Zephyr appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Zephyr and the names beside it

Zephyr moved ahead of

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Zephyr at a glance

Zephyr across 2 official records

Zephyr by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Zephyr appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Zephyr

Zephyr and the names beside it

Zephyr moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Zephyr

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