Zelda
Rank in 2025
#832
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
328
girls 328
Peak year
2020
526 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
16,739
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Zelda was most popular in 2020, when 526 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.33 per 1,000). In 2025, 328 babies were named Zelda, ranking #832 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 19%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 328 | 832 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 377 | 747 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 403 | 704 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 435 | 670 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 492 | 608 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 526 | 558 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 436 | 664 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 442 | 667 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 456 | 648 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 426 | 687 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 443 | 648 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 214 | 1156 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 183 | 1286 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 139 | 1566 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 81 | 2298 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 69 | 2614 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 59 | 2940 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 54 | 3120 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 53 | 3214 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 49 | 3316 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 40 | 3646 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 30 | 4492 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 29 | 4418 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 24 | 4906 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 22 | 5174 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 31 | 3983 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 19 | 5424 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 15 | 6360 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 7 | 10836 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 14 | 6392 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 5 | 13386 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 16 | 5713 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 14 | 6264 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 14 | 6314 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 22 | 4497 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 18 | 5060 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 19 | 4670 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 17 | 4840 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 12 | 5923 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 16 | 4724 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 13 | 5348 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 12 | 5539 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 18 | 4109 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 12 | 5534 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 16 | 4532 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 19 | 3992 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 12 | 5427 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 19 | 3777 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 26 | 3002 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 17 | 3812 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 27 | 2743 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 29 | 2556 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 30 | 2455 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 39 | 2022 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 39 | 2107 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 67 | 1490 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 53 | 1648 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 95 | 1090 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 105 | 997 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 117 | 940 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 109 | 996 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 133 | 904 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 171 | 793 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 178 | 781 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 169 | 805 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 135 | 909 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 142 | 860 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 131 | 892 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 127 | 903 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 141 | 838 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 120 | 890 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 107 | 933 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 107 | 906 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 96 | 954 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 88 | 996 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 101 | 885 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 90 | 935 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 108 | 842 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 97 | 898 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 122 | 732 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 88 | 803 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 111 | 715 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 118 | 705 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 106 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 106 | 681 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 128 | 618 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 127 | 593 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 145 | 568 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 147 | 556 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 124 | 593 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 161 | 502 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 189 | 468 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 160 | 506 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 197 | 468 | 5 | 3776 |
| 1931 | 175 | 488 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 225 | 450 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 209 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 233 | 446 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 236 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 231 | 444 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 251 | 436 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 250 | 442 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 227 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 251 | 415 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 280 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 208 | 470 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 225 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 250 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 240 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 258 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 230 | 397 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 159 | 427 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 155 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 134 | 397 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 117 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 86 | 426 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 62 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 86 | 388 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 67 | 434 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 64 | 428 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 76 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 68 | 395 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 45 | 478 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 38 | 518 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 43 | 452 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 46 | 499 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 35 | 498 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 38 | 502 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 27 | 584 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 31 | 538 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 28 | 565 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 25 | 586 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 25 | 561 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 15 | 762 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 16 | 669 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 14 | 727 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 13 | 724 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 11 | 793 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 5 | 1147 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 8 | 828 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 6 | 921 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | 851 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 6 | 813 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 6 | 738 | <5 | — |
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Where Zelda is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years