Zeta

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Zeta: Recorded since 1993, its highest recorded position is #516, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#516highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1998	#3848
1999	#3225
2000	#2746
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2003	#3099
2004	#2802
2006	#5061
2007	#3667
2008	#3860
2009	#3936
2010	#4688
2011	#3185
2014	#4684
2022	#5669
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 17 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1993–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Zeta 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 Zeta in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	40	9 of 10	4
2010s	15	3 of 10	5
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Zeta appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1993 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #516 in Republic of Ireland in 1993.

Zeta'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1993 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #516, first reached in 1993.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 3 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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 →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
7 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
3 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 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

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Amee · #516, 14y
Jordanna · #516, 21y
Katey · #516, 20y
Leonna · #516, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Amee · #516, 14y
Katey · #516, 20y
Leonna · #516, 13y
Maryanne · #516, 30y

Zeta was ranked #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1993. 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.

Zeta 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 Zeta without appearing here.

Zeta moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Dianne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4684 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Zeta

Linnea Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2802 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #2509.
Audrey Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1319.
Liv Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2746 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #2105.
Shea Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2350 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1823.

Moved the opposite way to Zeta

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeta went from #2350 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeta went from #2350 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeta went from #2350 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeta went from #2350 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Zeta

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeta went from #2350 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeta went from #2350 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeta went from #2350 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zeta went from #2350 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1993 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #516 in Republic of Ireland in 1993. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Zeta at a glance

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Popularity journey

Zeta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Zeta at a glance

Zeta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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