Girls' name · since 2002
Zelie
1,264 babies named Zelie in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,406 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,701 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,264
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zelie is the #1701 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,264 recorded since 2002.
Zelie has 1,264 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1701 as of the latest data, more common than 90% of girls, 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 2002 to 2025.
- #6,406 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,701 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,264 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zelie ranks #6,406 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,701 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,264 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,406 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,701 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,264
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zelie's 1,264 recorded births place it above 91.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
21 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Zelie compares
1,264 Top 29% higher than 71% of 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
Zelie's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zelie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,264 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 142 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zelie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zelie splits its recorded history at 2014: 90% of all births land in the more recent half, 10% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 142 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zelie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 142
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Zelie by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (696 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Zelie's strongest decade.
696 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Zelie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 57
2000s
57 births
- 2010s
2010s
511 births
- 2020s
2020s
696 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 696 births (55% of all-time use).
How Zelie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zelie's total volume
Zelie by state
Where Zelie concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 108 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 58 | 4.6% |
| #3 | California | | 56 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Kansas | | 42 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 41 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 32 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 30 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 26 | 2.1% |
108 of 1,264 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Zelie appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Zelies (108 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zelie: 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 (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Zelie 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.