Zerelda — girls' name
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.
24% of everyone ever named Zerelda was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Zerelda in 1939 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zerelda
The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Zerelda between 1914 and 2016, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zerelda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zerelda performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Zerelda shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zerelda 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 49 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.
Zerelda at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zerelda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1914
- Peak year (1939)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
49 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1939 with 7 births in a single year.
Zerelda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 12 births that decade — 24% of Zerelda's all-time total
Zerelda decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Zerelda's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.