Zale — #7294 US boys' name
187 babies named Zale in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to boys today.
44% of everyone ever named Zale was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Zale in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zale
The Social Security Administration has registered 187 babies named Zale between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zale currently holds the #7294 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zale performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Zale shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zale 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 187 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.
Zale at a glance
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Current rank
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Zale popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1951
- Peak year (2019)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
Currently ranks #7294 among boys.
187 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 17 births in a single year.
Zale by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 82 births that decade — 44% of Zale's all-time total
Zale decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zale's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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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, 1951–2024 (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.