Unisex name · since 1892
Zelle
21 babies named Zelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1892. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #45,751 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1892
- 1890s
- peak decade
Zelle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 21 have been recorded since 1892.
Zelle has 21 recorded births among girls since 1892, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1890s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 2021.
- #45,751 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 1892
- 1890s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zelle ranks #45,751 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1892, peaking in the 1890s.
- #45,751 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1892
- 1890s
- peak decade
Zelle's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zelle splits its recorded history at 2011: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1892 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zelle popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–2021
- Peak year (1892)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 130 years of records
Zelle popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2024 (Zelle as boys' name)
Zelle by decade
1890s is the heaviest window (6 births, 29% of the file).
1890s was Zelle's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Zelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1890s at 6 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Zelle's usage has stayed within range of its 1890s decade-level peak (6 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 Zelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1892)
Similar record span (~129 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, 1892–2021 (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 Zelle 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.