Unisex name · since 2006
Zeal
Zeal has 175 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,802 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,741 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 175
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
175 babies have been named Zeal since 2006, making it today's #3741 unisex name.
Zeal has 175 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3741 as of the latest data, more common than 73% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #13,802 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,741 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 175 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeal ranks #13,802 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,741 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 175 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,802 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,741 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 175
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zeal's 175 recorded births place it above 69.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Zeal compares
175 35th percentile among 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
Zeal's all-time total is 53% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zeal | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 175 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zeal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zeal splits its recorded history at 2019: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2006 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zeal popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Zeal popularity over time - girls
17 total births recorded since 2009 (Zeal as girls' name)
Zeal by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (109 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Zeal's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Zeal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s
2020s
109 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 109 births (62% of all-time use).
Zeal by state
Where Zeal concentrates geographically, total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 175 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Zeals (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Zeal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 2006–2025 (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 Zeal 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.