Zelia — #5422 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zelia

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,143 babies named Zelia between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zelia currently holds the #5422 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zelia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Zelia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Zelia in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zelia 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 1,143 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.