Girls' name · since 1951
Zelinda
47 babies named Zelinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,834 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1951
- 1950s
- peak decade
Zelinda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 47 recorded since 1951.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zelinda has been recorded 47 times among girls since 1951, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2004.
- #35,834 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 47 born since 1951
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zelinda ranks #35,834 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 1951, peaking in the 1950s.
- #35,834 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1951
- 1950s
- peak decade
Zelinda's 47 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zelinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zelinda splits its recorded history at 1959: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1951 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zelinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2004
- Peak year (1951)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Zelinda by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (32 births, 68% of the file).
1950s was Zelinda's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Zelinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
32 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 32 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Zelinda's decade-level peak was the 1950s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zelinda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1951–2004 (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 Zelinda 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.