Girls' name · since 1914
Zerelda
49 babies named Zerelda in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1939. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,361 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
Zerelda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 49 recorded since 1914.
Zerelda has 49 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2016.
- #35,361 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 49 born since 1914
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zerelda ranks #35,361 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 1914, peaking in the 1910s.
- #35,361 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
Zerelda's 49 recorded births place it above 51.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zerelda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zerelda's SSA record in two at 1942 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1924, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1939 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zerelda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2016
- Peak year (1939)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Zerelda by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (12 births, 24% of the file).
1910s was Zerelda's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Zerelda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
7 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 12 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Zerelda's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2010s (10) -- 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 Zerelda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1939)
Similar record span (~102 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, 1914–2016 (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 Zerelda 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.