Zuzu — #7450 US girls' name
301 babies named Zuzu in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Zuzu was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Zuzu in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zuzu
The Social Security Administration has registered 301 babies named Zuzu between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zuzu currently holds the #7450 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zuzu performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zuzu shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zuzu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zuzu 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 301 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.
Zuzu at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Zuzu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2015)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #7450 among girls.
301 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 20 births in a single year.
Zuzu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 144 births that decade — 48% of Zuzu's all-time total
Zuzu decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zuzu's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Zuzu by state
Where Zuzu concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.0% |
6 of 301 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1999–2024 (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.