Given name & surname

Zeba

Zeba is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Zeba isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Zeba through the years

Babies since 1880
118
0 boys · 118 girls
Most popular year
2014
10 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Zeba in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1982–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 600 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Zeba

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Zeba, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Siba

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Zarhiya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ellsa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Zainah

“a beautiful woman”

15Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Zakyiah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Zulai

“one who is brilliant; from the town of Zula”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Zuleikha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Zadey

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Zeba’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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