Girls' name · since 1997
Zalma
Zalma has 89 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,506 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zalma sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 89 recorded since 1997.
Zalma has 89 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2013.
- #28,506 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 89 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zalma ranks #28,506 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 89 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,506 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zalma's 89 recorded births place it above 60.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Zalma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zalma splits its recorded history at 2001: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2013 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zalma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2013
- Peak year (1997)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Zalma by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (51 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Zalma's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Zalma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 51 births (57% of all-time use).
Zalma by state
Where Zalma concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 13.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 7 | 7.9% |
12 of 89 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Zalma's decade-level peak was the 2000s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Zalmas (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zalma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1997–2013 (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 Zalma 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.