Zephyr
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Zephyr
If you're looking for a name that's light and breezy, this could be it. A name from mythology: Zephyrus/Zephyr was the Greek god of the west wind, and with its similarity in sound to the likes of Stefan or Seth, its zippy Z initial and cool Y, it is primed to rise up the US charts.
Zephyr for boys#1203 US
Frequently seen in computer and video games thanks to its mystical quality, it is also a character in the children's book Silverwing, and in the Babar books--as a monkey. It features in the TV series My Little Pony, the short animated film How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming, and in the manga series, One Piece.
Robby Benson and Karla De Vito named their son Zephyr in 1992, and Zephyr Benson is now an actor himself. More recently it was chosen by tech entrepreneur Sean Parker for his baby boy.
Thanks to these cultural references, and the more general interest in myhtological names, Zephyr has doubled in popularity over the last decade and was given to nearly 190 boys in the US in a recent year.
Zephyr for girls#4755 US
Zephyrus was the Greek god of the west wind, and all names associated with him have a pleasantly gentle, breezy feel. With its cool Z initial and similarity in sound to Stephie and Serafina, Zephyr has been rising up the US charts in recent years as a unisex name.
Given to 42 girls and 188 boys in a recent year, this is an impressive rise, given that the name was rarely used before the 2000s. For every girl called Zephyr, there are at least five boys but this could even out in the future.
Frequently seen in computer and video games thanks to its mystical quality, Zephyr is also a character in the children's book Silverwing, and in the Babar books--as a monkey. It features in the TV series My Little Pony, the short animated film How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming, and in the manga series, One Piece.
Pronounced ZEF-ur.
As of October 2026, Zephyr ranked #1203 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1099 in 2021, Nameberry popularity #160.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,586 | 100 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,367 | 128 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,411 | 125 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,383 | 128 | #3,766 | 41 |
| 2018 | #1,497 | 116 | #4,657 | 30 |
| 2019 | #1,225 | 156 | #3,917 | 38 |
| 2020 | #1,270 | 145 | #3,604 | 42 |
| 2021 | #1,099 | 191 | #3,731 | 41 |
| 2022 | #1,107 | 194 | #4,035 | 37 |
| 2023 | #1,121 | 189 | #3,703 | 42 |
| 2024 | #1,133 | 187 | #4,454 | 32 |
| 2025 | #1,203 | 169 | #4,755 | 29 |
World rankings
Zephyr for boys
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Famous Zephyrs
- ZEPHYR (born Andrew Witten)Boy
American graffiti artist, lecturer and author
- Zephyr BensonBoy
American actor/writer/director; son of actor Robby Benson
- Zephyr Cunningham (b. 2011)Boy
son of Julia Bradbury and Gerard Cunningham
- Zephyr Emerson Parker (b. 2014)Boy
son of entrepreneur Sean Parker of Facebook
- Zephyr TeachoutGirl
American law professor and political commentator
- Zephyr WrightGirl
cook to Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson from 1942 until 1969; credited with inspiring LBJ to move civil rights to the forefront of his presidency.
Zephyr in pop culture
- Michael "Zephyr" RavensBoy
minor character in Jandy Nelson's "I'll Give You the Sun"
- "The Zephyr Song" by Red Hot Chili PeppersBoy
from the album 'By The Way'
- Zephyr HillsBoy
water brand
- Zephyr BreezeBoy
Fluttershy’s younger brother in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
- Zephyr Marie DoyleGirl
main character in S.M. Parker's "The Girl Who Fell"
- In the How To Train Your Dragon moviesGirl
Hiccup and Astrid's daughter is named Zephyr