Boys' name · since 2016
Zelan
12 babies named Zelan in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,087 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
12 boys have been named Zelan since 2016, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Zelan has 12 recorded births among boys since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2016 to 2021.
- #33,087 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 12 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zelan ranks #33,087 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #33,087 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zelan's 12 recorded births place it above 27.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zelan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zelan's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zelan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2021
- Peak year (2021)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Zelan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Zelan's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Zelan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zelan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~5 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, 2016–2021 (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 Zelan 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.