Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Zela

#9,759 most common girls' name of all time · #16,254 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1889–2025

Rank among girls
#9,759
Rank overall
#16,254 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
609
Since 2016
93
Peak year
1916 #1,709
Best rank
#978 1897
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Zela first appears in 1889. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 12 12 #8,386
2024 6 6 #13,536
2023 6 6 #13,524
2022 11 11 #9,084
2021 14 14 #7,644
2020 8 8 #11,134
2019 11 11 #9,135
2018 11 11 #9,181
2017 9 9 #10,728
2016 5 5 #16,296
2015 5 5 #16,506
2013 10 10 #10,263
2012 6 6 #15,024
2008 7 7 #13,885
1957 5 5 #6,187
1947 7 7 #4,399
1946 6 6 #4,492
1944 7 7 #3,752
1942 9 9 #3,257
1940 8 8 #3,270
1939 5 5 #4,361
1936 7 7 #3,457
1935 6 6 #3,818
1934 12 12 #2,467
1933 7 7 #3,477
1932 5 5 #4,514
1931 7 7 #3,575
1930 8 8 #3,410
1929 8 8 #3,451
1928 15 15 #2,311
1927 9 9 #3,346
1926 11 11 #2,916
1925 10 10 #3,174
1924 20 20 #2,017
1923 16 16 #2,290
1922 17 17 #2,218
1921 16 16 #2,306
1920 13 13 #2,635
1919 13 13 #2,555
1918 17 17 #2,150
1917 14 14 #2,349
1916 21 21 #1,709
1915 18 18 #1,838
1914 18 18 #1,578
1913 13 13 #1,712
1912 8 8 #2,223
1911 12 12 #1,412
1910 8 8 #1,853
1909 10 10 #1,433
1908 5 5 #2,207
1907 10 10 #1,345
1906 10 10 #1,284
1903 6 6 #1,701
1902 8 8 #1,395
1901 6 6 #1,590
1900 5 5 #2,030
1898 5 5 #1,826
1897 12 12 #978
1896 7 7 #1,376
1894 8 8 #1,222
1893 5 5 #1,556
1892 7 7 #1,262
1889 8 8 #1,024