Zissel — #9750 US girls' name
315 babies named Zissel in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Zissel was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Zissel in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zissel
The Social Security Administration has registered 315 babies named Zissel between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zissel currently holds the #9750 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zissel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Zissel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 157 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zissel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zissel 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 315 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.
Zissel at a glance
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Current rank
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Zissel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (2020)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #9750 among girls.
315 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 21 births in a single year.
Zissel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 109 births that decade — 35% of Zissel's all-time total
Zissel decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zissel's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Zissel by state
Where Zissel concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 157 | 49.8% |
157 of 315 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 49.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 49.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1984–2024 (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.