Girls' name · since 2008
Zelaya
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 125 babies named Zelaya, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,711 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,081 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 125
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zelaya currently ranks #6081 among girls' names in America, with 125 babies recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zelaya has been recorded 125 times among girls since 2008, currently ranked #6081 nationally and more common than 65% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #24,711 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,081 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 125 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zelaya ranks #24,711 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,081 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 125 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,711 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,081 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 125
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zelaya's 125 recorded births place it above 65.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zelaya compares
125 29th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Zelaya's all-time total is 67% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zelaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 125 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zelaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zelaya's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zelaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Zelaya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (76 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Zelaya's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Zelaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
- 2020s
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 76 births (61% of all-time use).
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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, 2008–2025 (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 Zelaya 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.