Zoelle — #4157 US girls' name
655 babies named Zoelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to girls today.
54% of everyone ever named Zoelle was born in this single decade.
71 babies were named Zoelle in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zoelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 655 babies named Zoelle between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zoelle currently holds the #4157 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 71 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zoelle performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 355 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zoelle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 64 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Zoelle in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zoelle 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 655 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.
Zoelle at a glance
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Current rank
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Zoelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2018)
- 71
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #4157 among girls.
655 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 71 births in a single year.
Zoelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 355 births that decade — 54% of Zoelle's all-time total
Zoelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 355 births
- Runner-up 214 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zoelle's strongest decade
355 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Zoelle by state
Where Zoelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 64 | 9.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 22 | 3.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 21 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 13 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.8% |
64 of 655 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.8% of nationwide
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
- New York 3.2% of nationwide
- Florida 2.0% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Zoelle appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1998–2024 (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.