Girls' name · since 2011
Zeel
Zeel has 10 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #56,941 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zeel is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 2011.
Social Security Administration records show Zeel recorded 10 times among girls since 2011, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2015.
- #56,941 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeel ranks #56,941 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #56,941 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zeel's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zeel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zeel's full recorded timeline at 2015, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births.
Zeel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2015
- Peak year (2011)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Zeel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Zeel's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Zeel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zeel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~4 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, 2011–2015 (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 Zeel 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.