Question: can a social security number start with a zero?
Answer: Actually, SSNs can start with any number from 0-8. ... Due to identity theft, and the possibility of running out of numbers, SSA began to randomly issue numbers. The number 9 never starts an SSN, 666 never starts a number, zeros will never be subsequent in any of the 3 sets of series such as 000, 00, 0000.