Zelia
Zelia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 23 births. Its best rank was 731st, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 230.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 201525 births
- Best rank
- #731in 1887
- Since 1883
- 1,143people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,143 girls have been named Zelia in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 25 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1939, and the 2010s alone account for 17%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Zelia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 33 | |
| 1890s | 96 | |
| 1900s | 79 | |
| 1910s | 158 | |
| 1920s | 143 | |
| 1930s | 63 | |
| 1940s | 45 | |
| 1950s | 38 | |
| 1960s | 28 | |
| 1970s | 18 | |
| 1980s | 6 | |
| 1990s | 19 | |
| 2000s | 123 | |
| 2010s | 192 | |
| 2020s | 102 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Zelia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2015 were Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Ava and Isabella. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Zelia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Liliepeak 2008
- Goldapeak 1915
- Lalapeak 1921
- Vidapeak 2022
- Malliepeak 2022
- Maziepeak 2023
- Eleonorapeak 2024
- Rossiepeak 1919
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.