Fun Facts About the Name Zero
- 41 babies named Zero: U.S. records list 41 babies given the name Zero from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Zero Mean?
Zero is an English word name meaning "zero" or "nothing." The word comes from Arabic ṣifr, "empty," the term used for the mathematical zero in medieval Arabic texts. It passed into Medieval Latin as zephirum and then into Italian as zero; English borrowed the form from French and Italian. The literal sense is numerical, while the idea of emptiness belongs to the Arabic source word rather than to a later symbolic interpretation.
Zero Name History & Origins
The word behind Zero developed in the transmission of Indian mathematics through the Arabic-speaking world. Arabic ṣifr rendered the Sanskrit concept śūnya, "empty," and Latin writers used forms such as zephirum for the numeral. Italian zero was the form borrowed into French and English. As a personal name, Zero is uncommon and belongs to the modern English practice of using ordinary words as given names. Fictional characters named Zero, including the ghost dog in The Nightmare Before Christmas and Zero Moustafa in The Grand Budapest Hotel, are later uses of the word as a name and do not account for its origin.
How Popular is the Name Zero?
Zero has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #6,444 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,444 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #10,875 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #9,810 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #14,073 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #10,762 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Zero Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have aspiration and inspiration, hope and guidance. Since you are intuitive and perceptive and you understand human nature. You have the power to achieve. Diplomacy and discretion make you a good mediator. You are inspired, introspective, and have a good understanding of the human heart. You can have the ability to commercialize your artistic talents successfully. You are often a mystery to others and to yourself. You are always reaching for something higher, without exactly knowing what that "higher" is. You have an eventful, exciting life. You are versatile and have the ability to learn easily.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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