Girls' name · since 1897
Zellie
Zellie has 266 recorded births since 1897 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,015 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,140 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 266
- born since 1897
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zellie is the #10140 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 266 recorded since 1897.
Zellie has 266 recorded births among girls since 1897, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10140 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1897 to 2025.
- #17,015 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,140 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 266 born since 1897
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zellie ranks #17,015 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,140 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 266 born since 1897, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,015 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,140 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 266
- born since 1897
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zellie's 266 recorded births place it above 76.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zellie compares
266 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zellie's all-time total is 29% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zellie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 266 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zellie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zellie's full recorded timeline at 1928, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1897, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1918 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zellie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 129 years of records
Zellie popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1918 (Zellie as boys' name)
Zellie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (68 births, 26% of the file).
2010s was Zellie's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Zellie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 23
1900s
23 births
- 1910s
1910s
49 births
- 1920s
1920s
42 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 68 births (26% of all-time use).
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What to do with Zellie's data
- Zellie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (68 total births) through the 2020s (62) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zellie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~128 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, 1897–2025 (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 Zellie 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.