Zelle — unisex name

What the Data Says About Zelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Zelle between 1892 and 2021, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1892, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Zelle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 2024.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zelle performed strongest in the 1890s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zelle shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zelle 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 21 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.