Girls' name · since 2012
Zimal
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 293 babies named Zimal, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,123 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,386 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 293
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zimal currently ranks #5386 among girls' names in America, with 293 babies recorded since 2012.
Zimal has 293 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5386 as of the latest data, more common than 69% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #16,123 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,386 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 293 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zimal ranks #16,123 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,386 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 293 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,123 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,386 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 293
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zimal's 293 recorded births place it above 77.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Zimal compares
293 45th 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
Zimal's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zimal | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 293 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 52 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zimal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zimal's full recorded timeline at 2019, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 8 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 52 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zimal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 52
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Zimal by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (190 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Zimal's strongest decade.
190 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Zimal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
103 births
- 2020s
2020s
190 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 190 births (65% of all-time use).
Zimal by state
Where Zimal concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 57 | 19.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 23 | 7.8% |
| #3 | California | | 13 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 5 | 1.7% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.7% |
57 of 293 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Zimals (57 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2012–2025 (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 Zimal 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.