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

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Peak · girls
1905 · 11 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
370
since 1898

Zell over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #1,162, 1905peak #1,973, 1919girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023#12,2395
2022
2021
2020#12,0225
2019#12,1455
2018#12,1565
2017
2016
2015#8,0409
2014
2013#7,53710
2012#10,7706
2011#12,2875
2010
2009#12,4915
2008
2007#12,3675
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002#10,6675
2001#8,3397
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1980#6,2505
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1958#4,8907
1957
1956
1955#5,8285#3,8865
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950#5,3015
1949
1948#3,6685
1947#3,7335
1946#4,9605#3,1736
1945
1944
1943#3,2316
1942#3,2126
1941#3,5055
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936#3,3767
1935#3,4317
1934#4,2865#2,7428
1933#3,1098
1932#3,5687
1931#2,9729#3,3906
1930#4,5505
1929#2,73711#3,9595
1928#4,1956#2,8439
1927#3,2849
1926#2,70812#3,7086
1925#1,89121#3,1558
1924#3,3939
1923#3,9717#4,2395
1922#2,18617
1921#2,50914#4,3225
1920#2,73112
1919#2,64012#1,97316
1918#2,82211
1917#2,31614#2,9568
1916#2,24614#2,7309
1915#2,68810#2,8298
1914#1,89613#3,2645
1913#1,76612
1912#1,42115
1911#1,45011
1910#1,9357
1909#1,21912
1908
1907#1,28910
1906#1,9515
1905#1,16211
1904#1,6596
1903#1,5926
1902#1,3208
1901
1900
1899
1898#1,7005
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First appearance
1898

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.

See more about Zell
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1958
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1898
  • Peaked 1905 at #1,162 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 26,511
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 32.2% of all girls named Zell (119) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1980
  • Mostly girls until 1979, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,700 (1898)#1,700
1900s58#1,162 (1905)#1,456
1910s119#1,421 (1912)#2,118
1920s118#1,891 (1925)#2,961
1930s48#2,972 (1931)#3,613
1940s5#4,960 (1946)#4,960
1950s17#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 1934

girls
#4,286
5 births · 1 in 208,845 girls
boys
#2,742
8 births · 1 in 129,075 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #4,286Zell5

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #2,742Zell8
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 208,845 of them was named Zell, which outranked 13.8% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zell
  1. #3,802Ysidra6
  2. #3,802Zenia6
  3. #3,802Zonnie6
  4. #4,286Zell5
  5. #4,286Adalyn5
  6. #4,286Adelma5
  7. #4,286Adrene5

Tied with 687 names at #4,286; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 129,075 of them was named Zell, which outranked 34.8% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zell
  1. #2,563Wenzel9
  2. #2,563Westly9
  3. #2,563Windle9
  4. #2,742Zell8
  5. #2,742Adin8
  6. #2,742Agnes8
  7. #2,742Albion8
  8. #2,973Abbie7
  9. #2,973Agostino7
  10. #2,973Alcee7

Tied with 230 names at #2,742; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1934