Zaul — #10249 US boys' name
254 babies named Zaul in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Zaul was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Zaul in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zaul
The Social Security Administration has registered 254 babies named Zaul between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zaul currently holds the #10249 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zaul performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zaul shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zaul in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zaul 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 254 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.
Zaul at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Zaul popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2003)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #10249 among boys.
254 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 19 births in a single year.
Zaul by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 108 births that decade — 43% of Zaul's all-time total
Zaul decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Zaul's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Zaul by state
Where Zaul concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.4% |
6 of 254 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1993–2024 (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.