Recorded 2011–2022 Girls' name Peak 2020 80 births

Zaelee — girls' name

80 babies named Zaelee in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s562020s24
2010s
Peak decade

70% of everyone ever named Zaelee was born in this single decade.

2020
Single peak year

11 babies were named Zaelee in 2020 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zaelee

The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Zaelee between 2011 and 2022, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zaelee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zaelee performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zaelee shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zaelee in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 80 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Zaelee at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

80

Since 2011

12 years of records

Peak year

2020

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2011

Recorded for 12 years

Last year on file: 2022

Zaelee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2011

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2020)
11
Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
4681012 20222021202020192018201720162015201420122011 5

Zaelee by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
56 births that decade — 70% of Zaelee's all-time total
2010s562020s24

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zaelee?
80 babies have been named Zaelee since 2011. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2020 with 11 births.
When was Zaelee most popular?
Zaelee was most popular in the 2010s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Zaelee been used?
Zaelee has been recorded in Social Security data since 2011, spanning 12 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Zaelee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zaelynn, Zaelyn, Zaela, Zaeda, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2011–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.