Zebadiah
2025 SSA
About Zebadiah
Biblical names are expanding (literally) as some parents move on from Isaiah and Elijah to more elaborate choices with simple short forms like Jed and Zeb.
If you like this style of name, there are a number of others to choose from--Zedekiah (the last king of Judah), Zecheriah (there are 31 in the Bible), Zachariah, the prophet Zephaniah, and Jedidiah, the name given to Solomon at his birth.
Pronounced zeb-uh-DY-uh.
As of October 2026, Zebadiah ranked #3656 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2102 in 1979.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,698 | 21 | 10.9 |
| 2015 | #3,880 | 28 | 14.6 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,933 | 20 | 10.8 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,477 | 23 | 12.8 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | #4,932 | 20 | 11.4 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | #4,687 | 22 | 12.8 |
| 2025 | #3,656 | 31 | 18.1 |
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Zebadiah on lists
Famous Zebadiahs
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descendant of patriarch Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:15)
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another descendant of patriarch Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:17)
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follower of David (1 Chr. 12:7)
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son of Meshelemiah, a Korhite (1 Chr. 26:2)
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son of David's nephew Asahel (1 Chr. 27:7)
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Levite in King Jehoshaphat's time (2 Chr. 17:8)
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ruler of the house of Judah in Jehoshaphat's reign (2 Chr. 19:11)
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son of Michael; returned to Israel with Ezra (Ezra 8:8)
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who took a forgein wife; of the sons of Immer (Ezra 10:20)