Zelma
Rank in 2025
#6838
recorded as girls
Down 196 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
16
girls 16
Peak year
1904
198 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
16,936
since 1880
Born a Zelma? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Zelma was most popular in 1904, when 198 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.72 per 1,000). In 2025, 16 babies were named Zelma, ranking #6838 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 19%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 6838 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 17 | 6642 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 14 | 7640 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 12 | 8542 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 12 | 8464 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 10 | 9546 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 14 | 7716 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 16 | 7100 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 7 | 12713 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 13 | 8393 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 13 | 8447 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 6 | 14558 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 5 | 16547 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 16869 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 16764 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 8 | 12276 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 17294 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 8 | 12579 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 17636 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 8 | 12420 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 8 | 11834 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 15432 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 6 | 13154 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 7 | 11385 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 7 | 11138 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 5 | 13724 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 8 | 9581 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 10 | 8122 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 8 | 9491 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 6 | 11509 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 7 | 9681 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 7 | 9244 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 6 | 9825 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 9 | 7134 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 10 | 6457 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 10 | 6212 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 8 | 7469 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 14 | 4963 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 7 | 8178 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 14 | 4842 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 10 | 5958 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 8 | 6892 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 12 | 4905 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 18 | 3637 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 15 | 4041 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 27 | 2629 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 17 | 3543 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 24 | 2874 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 18 | 3435 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 20 | 3012 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 28 | 2296 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 25 | 2432 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 43 | 1715 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 42 | 1741 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 44 | 1747 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 41 | 1815 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 57 | 1476 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 65 | 1387 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 62 | 1393 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 81 | 1184 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 83 | 1164 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 77 | 1202 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 96 | 1043 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 104 | 978 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 120 | 872 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 106 | 915 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 96 | 954 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 103 | 891 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 120 | 792 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 150 | 683 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 115 | 805 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 146 | 701 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 143 | 667 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 168 | 567 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 151 | 598 | 6 | 3109 |
| 1943 | 178 | 567 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 181 | 553 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 148 | 572 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 190 | 501 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 180 | 497 | 5 | 3480 |
| 1938 | 194 | 476 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 191 | 474 | 5 | 3518 |
| 1936 | 185 | 470 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 237 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 272 | 391 | 8 | 2742 |
| 1933 | 230 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 303 | 367 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 284 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 370 | 338 | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | 347 | 350 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 371 | 351 | 6 | 3697 |
| 1927 | 382 | 340 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 356 | 354 | 6 | 3708 |
| 1925 | 431 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 417 | 330 | 5 | 4347 |
| 1923 | 447 | 306 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 467 | 296 | 9 | 3014 |
| 1921 | 445 | 310 | 12 | 2502 |
| 1920 | 448 | 308 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 488 | 287 | 6 | 3736 |
| 1918 | 471 | 294 | 8 | 3096 |
| 1917 | 477 | 283 | 10 | 2562 |
| 1916 | 466 | 276 | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | 487 | 266 | 5 | 3825 |
| 1914 | 373 | 270 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 342 | 252 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 307 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 268 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 220 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 240 | 233 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 199 | 242 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 212 | 227 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 188 | 231 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 161 | 258 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 198 | 217 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 176 | 224 | 6 | 1009 |
| 1902 | 189 | 216 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 127 | 256 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 131 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 120 | 261 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 104 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 104 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 82 | 321 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 80 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 77 | 318 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 57 | 356 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 56 | 351 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 63 | 317 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 52 | 354 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 43 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 37 | 403 | 5 | 1031 |
| 1887 | 27 | 424 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 32 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 18 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 29 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 16 | 480 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 21 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 17 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 19 | 375 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years