Zelig — #7450 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zelig

The Social Security Administration has registered 181 babies named Zelig between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zelig currently holds the #7450 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zelig performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zelig shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zelig in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zelig 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 181 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.