Zelda — #745 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zelda

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,406 babies named Zelda between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zelda currently holds the #745 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 526 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zelda performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,889 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Zelda shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,648 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Zelda in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zelda 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 16,406 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.