Girls' name · since 1957
Zeline
Zeline has 22 recorded births since 1957 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #45,126 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1957
- 1950s
- peak decade
Zeline sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 22 recorded since 1957.
Zeline has 22 recorded births among girls since 1957, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2022.
- #45,126 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1957
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeline ranks #45,126 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1957, peaking in the 1950s.
- #45,126 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1957
- 1950s
- peak decade
Zeline's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zeline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zeline splits its recorded history at 2019: 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 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1957 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zeline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2022
- Peak year (1957)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Zeline by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (12 births, 55% of the file).
1950s was Zeline's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Zeline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 12 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Zeline's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zeline: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~65 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, 1957–2022 (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 Zeline 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.