Zell
Last seen for girls in 1958 at #4,890 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 63.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1905 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 370since 1898
Zell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
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| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #3,886 | 5 |
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
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| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
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| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Zell! It came in at #1,700, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Zell is popular in 1916
No state had 5 or more girls named Zell in 1916, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Zell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1958
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1905 at #1,162 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,511 girls born in 1905 were named Zell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,374 girls born in 1958 (0.00%)
- 32.2% of all girls named Zell (119) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1979, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,700 (1898) | #1,700 |
| 1900s | 58 | #1,162 (1905) | #1,456 |
| 1910s | 119 | #1,421 (1912) | #2,118 |
| 1920s | 118 | #1,891 (1925) | #2,961 |
| 1930s | 48 | #2,972 (1931) | #3,613 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,960 (1946) | #4,960 |
| 1950s | 17 | #4,890 (1958) | #5,340 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Zell in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 74,595 of them was named Zell, which outranked 56.5% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,133Wyona15
- #2,133Zelia15
- #2,133Zoa15
- #2,246Zell14
- #2,246Agustina14
- #2,246Aldora14
- #2,246Alejandra14
- #2,368Adra13
- #2,368Adriana13
- #2,368Aileene13
Tied with 121 names at #2,246; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 98,898 of them was named Zell, which outranked 39.8% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,543Vonnie10
- #2,543Worthy10
- #2,543Zoltan10
- #2,730Zell9
- #2,730Abelardo9
- #2,730Abron9
- #2,730Albie9
- #2,926Ab8
- #2,926Adalbert8
- #2,926Agnes8
Tied with 195 names at #2,730; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.