How many Zymeres are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Zymere are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Zymere in 2025?

Zymere ranks #4249 among US boy names in 2025, with 24 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Zymere?

About 1 in every 71,170 US boys born in 2025 was named Zymere — 24 in all.

Will my child share the name Zymere with classmates?

Zymere will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Zymere

Masculine

#4249 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare24 boys in 2025

Zymere joins a Zy- opening to a -mere ending, and both belong to the American naming workshop of the last thirty years.

How old is the name Zymere?

Zymere first appears in US birth records in 2001 — 24 years ago. The typical Zymere is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Zymere are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Zymere most popular?

Zymere peaked in 2020, reaching #2759 nationally. Today it ranks #4249, 1,490 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.

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Where it comes from

Origin, sound and short forms

Our story of Zymere

Ours, offered as ours. The Zy- opening is one of the newest elements in American naming and one of the most deliberate: Z was the least-used initial in English naming, so a Zy- name is distinctive before anyone has heard the second syllable. Zyaire, Zyon, Zymere and Zyair all appeared within about fifteen years. That is a naming tradition finding an unused corner of the alphabet and filling it quickly.

Meaningnot established

Not established

No source language is established. The construction is documented: a Zy- opening shared with Zyaire and Zyon, and a -mere ending related to Jamere and Damere. Neither piece carries an inherited meaning.

Pronouncing Zymere

zy-MEER

Two syllables with the stress on the second. There is little variation.

Nicknames for Zymere

Moderate

ZyThe front clip

MereTakes the ending

ZInitial-only

What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 2001
Most boys named: 202044 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #2759reached in 2020
Change vs 2024: −33.3%24 in 2025, from 36

Zymere sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2020, with 44 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Zymere in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, North Carolina.

Zymeres among us

600

people named Zymere are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 71,170 born in 2025 was named Zymere

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

What happens to a name after it peaks

The Keithen test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zymere's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Keithen climbed just as high around 1967, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Keithen's path sketches the road Zymere is walking now.

40%chance Zymere will feel “very 2020s” by 2040

Zymere, aligned on its peakKeithen· peak 1967not yet written

Zymere today is about where Keithen stood in 1972 — 5 years past a #2760-sized peak. By 1987, Keithen had settled around #4513.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Zymere sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Zymere beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Zymere in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Zymerethis name24#4249Guadalupe24#4249Denny24#4249Hughes24#4249Erling24#4249

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths

The initial Z keeps it distinct on any list.
Zy is a short form that is current and easy to say.
Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.

What to consider

Zymere, Zymire and Zymeir are all in use and none is dominant.
It is strongly associated with one American decade.
There is no documented meaning, only a construction.

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Frequently asked

How many Zymeres are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Zymere are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Zymere in 2025?: Zymere ranks #4249 among US boy names in 2025, with 24 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Zymere?: About 1 in every 71,170 US boys born in 2025 was named Zymere — 24 in all.
Will my child share the name Zymere with classmates?: Zymere will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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