Zollie

Last seen for girls in 2003 at #15,784 · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to boys 86.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1895 · 11 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
823
since 1884

Zollie over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #1,093, 1891peak #640, 1895girlsboys
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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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2003#15,7845
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1986#6,7215
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1978#5,7725
1977#5,8455
1976#4,9356
1975#5,4645
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1968#3,6736
1967#2,9858
1966#3,2497
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1963#2,53911
1962#4,0335
1961#3,6526
1960#3,3377
1959#2,66310
1958
1957#2,37512
1956
1955#3,5056
1954#1,88717
1953#2,09914
1952#2,6809
1951#4,8336#2,05514
1950#2,5809
1949#3,2986
1948#1,94315
1947#2,25112
1946#2,6908
1945#1,69716
1944#2,19511
1943#2,9647
1942#2,7128
1941#1,90314
1940#1,80215
1939#2,28810
1938#3,8476#2,32610
1937#4,2555#2,6808
1936#2,4529
1935#2,02913
1934#2,02213
1933#3,4067#1,99713
1932#4,4115#1,99514
1931#1,92715
1930#2,60910
1929#4,0536#1,84817
1928#1,82218
1927#1,95917
1926#4,3066#2,56611
1925#2,08915
1924#5,0615#1,96417
1923#1,75320
1922#2,14315
1921#5,0995#1,70321
1920#4,3986#1,96617
1919#3,2199#1,53123
1918#1,76719
1917#2,87910#1,75518
1916#3,9196#1,45923
1915#2,45810
1914#2,8767#1,60815
1913#2,4966
1912#2,9795#1,52711
1911#1,5376
1910#1,9357#1,3147
1909#2,2085#1,1557
1908
1907#81511
1906#1,1116
1905#9198
1904#1,0646
1903#1,1305
1902#1,1375
1901#1,4666
1900#1,9325#9029
1899#1,5965#9286
1898
1897
1896#1,1015
1895#64011
1894#9546
1893#9076
1892
1891#1,0937#8416
1890#8147
1889
1888#8157
1887
1886
1885#8366
1884#8486
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Zollie! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Zollie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1986
  • Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1895 (#954#640)
  • Biggest drop: 461 spots in 1896 (#640#1,101)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1895 at #640 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1893–1895
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,672
  • Highest: 1 in 10,672 boys born in 1895 were named Zollie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 368,303 boys born in 1986 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.4% of all boys named Zollie (168) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2003
  • Mostly boys until 2002, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s19#815 (1888)#833
1890s47#640 (1895)#884
1900s57#815 (1907)#1,029
1910s138#1,314 (1910)#1,745
1920s168#1,703 (1921)#1,981
1930s115#1,927 (1931)#2,233
1940s112#1,697 (1945)#2,346
1950s91#1,887 (1954)#2,481
1960s50#2,539 (1963)#3,353
1970s21#4,935 (1976)#5,504
1980s5#6,721 (1986)#6,721

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Zollie in 1891

girls
#1,093
7 births · 1 in 26,497 girls
boys
#841
6 births · 1 in 16,865 boys

Top girls' names in 1891

  1. #1Mary11,704
  2. #2Anna5,099
  3. #3Margaret3,065
  4. #4Elizabeth3,059
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Florence2,716
  7. #7Ethel2,689
  8. #8Minnie2,428
  9. #9Helen2,417
  10. #10Bertha2,372
  11. #1,093Zollie7

Top boys' names in 1891

  1. #1John7,680
  2. #2William6,763
  3. #3James4,516
  4. #4George3,931
  5. #5Charles3,640
  6. #6Frank2,652
  7. #7Joseph2,572
  8. #8Robert2,240
  9. #9Harry2,132
  10. #10Henry2,049
  11. #841Zollie6
More about 1891

girls

185,482 girls got a published name in 1891; 1 in 26,497 of them was named Zollie, which outranked 28.7% of the 1,533 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zollie
  1. #1,006Venus8
  2. #1,006Vicie8
  3. #1,006Zoa8
  4. #1,093Zollie7
  5. #1,093Ader7
  6. #1,093Adline7
  7. #1,093Alene7
  8. #1,213Agusta6
  9. #1,213Alba6
  10. #1,213Albertha6

Tied with 119 names at #1,093; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. 588Aurore#1,338#750
  2. 588Zelpha#1,338#750
  3. 499Leva#1,338#839
  4. 499Vira#1,338#839
  5. 483Sister#1,210#727
Fallers
  1. 574Prudie#758#1,332
  2. 571Delila#642#1,213
  3. 541Elmina#791#1,332
  4. 541Tinnie#791#1,332
  5. 520Dorcas#693#1,213

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

boys

101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 16,865 of them was named Zollie, which outranked 25.4% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zollie
  1. #766Winfred7
  2. #766Wm7
  3. #766Wong7
  4. #841Zollie6
  5. #841Adlai6
  6. #841Alec6
  7. #841Alger6
  8. #963Abb5
  9. #963Abbie5
  10. #963Add5

Tied with 121 names at #841; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. 487Colonel#884#397
  2. 470Mahlon#994#524
  3. 457Hezekiah#884#427
  4. 430Ruby#994#564
  5. 397Essie#994#597
Fallers
  1. 574Pierce#389#963
  2. 505Omar#458#963
  3. 452Benton#511#963
  4. 430Ivory#533#963
  5. 430Pleasant#533#963

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

See the top 100 for 1891