Given name & surname
Zeta
Zeta is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “born last; the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet.”
Original GreekΖέτα
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “born last; the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zeta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,354
- 0 boys · 1,354 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #7,129 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,129 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 772 as a first name in 2020; 139 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zeta’s family of names
Zeta has a related form in Zetah. In Greek usage, Zeta is a transliteration of Ζέτα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 21
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zeta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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