Boys' name · since 1956
Zalmen
Zalmen has 682 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,557 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,529 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 682
- born since 1956
- 2010s
- peak decade
682 babies have been named Zalmen since 1956, making it today's #3529 boys' name.
Zalmen has 682 recorded births among boys since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3529 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2025.
- #6,557 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,529 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 682 born since 1956
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zalmen ranks #6,557 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,529 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 682 born since 1956, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,557 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,529 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 682
- born since 1956
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zalmen's 682 recorded births place it above 85.58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Zalmen compares
682 Top 38% higher than 62% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Zalmen's all-time total is 85% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zalmen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 682 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zalmen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zalmen's full recorded timeline at 2001, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1956, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zalmen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Zalmen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (189 births, 28% of the file).
2010s was Zalmen's strongest decade.
189 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Zalmen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 42
1970s
42 births
- 1980s 26
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
105 births
- 2000s
2000s
157 births
- 2010s
2010s
189 births
- 2020s
2020s
141 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 189 births (28% of all-time use).
How Zalmen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Zalmen's total volume
Zalmen by state
Where Zalmen concentrates geographically, total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 471 | 69.1% |
471 of 682 births nationwide.
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What to do with Zalmen's data
- Zalmen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (189 total births) through the 2020s (141) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Zalmens (471 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Zalmen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~69 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, 1956–2025 (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 Zalmen 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.