Zeda — girls' name
255 babies named Zeda in U.S. Social Security records since 1896, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Zeda was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Zeda in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zeda
The Social Security Administration has registered 255 babies named Zeda between 1896 and 2022, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zeda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zeda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Zeda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zeda 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 255 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.
Zeda at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zeda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1896
- Peak year (1926)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 127 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
255 total births across 127 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 14 births in a single year.
Zeda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 86 births that decade — 34% of Zeda's all-time total
Zeda decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Zeda's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1896–2022 (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.