Zeal — #4284 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zeal

The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Zeal between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zeal currently holds the #4284 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 25 babies received it in a single year. Zeal is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 17 additional births since 2009.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zeal performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zeal shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zeal 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 145 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.