Zel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Zel

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Zel between 1971 and 2019, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Zel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 13 additional births since 2018.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zel 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 16 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.