Girls' name · since 2011
Zaelee
Zaelee has 87 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,763 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,847 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 87
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zaelee is the #12847 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 87 recorded since 2011.
Social Security Administration records show Zaelee recorded 87 times among girls since 2011, holding rank #12847 nationally today, ahead of 26% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #28,763 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,847 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 87 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaelee ranks #28,763 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,847 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 87 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,763 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,847 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 87
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zaelee's 87 recorded births place it above 60.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zaelee compares
87 23rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zaelee's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaelee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 87 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zaelee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zaelee's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zaelee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Zaelee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (56 births, 64% of the file).
2010s was Zaelee's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Zaelee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 56 births (64% of all-time use).
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What to do with Zaelee's data
- Zaelee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (56 total births) through the 2020s (31) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zaelee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zaelee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.