Zeal

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Peak · boys
#3,658
2025 · 30 births
Debut · boys
2006
6 births
In top 100 · boys
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of 146 years
Total births · boys
175
since 2006

Zeal over time

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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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2025—#3,65830
2024#13,4776#4,20025
2023—#4,74221
2022—#6,82812
2021—#7,08911
2020—#7,50210
2019—#6,10414
2018—#8,8198
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2014—#7,04811
2013—#10,7286
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2009#17,2945#10,9946
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First appearance
2006

The first year at least five boys were named Zeal! It came in at #10,662, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2007–2008, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Zeal is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedHITexas: #2,574 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,010 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Zeal, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010

Best ever in a state: #2,574 in Texas, 2025.

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See more about Zeal
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 3,844 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #3,658)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2006
  • Peaked 2025 at #3,658 (30 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 56,936
  • Highest: 1 in 56,936 boys born in 2025 were named Zeal (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 62.3% of all boys named Zeal (109) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2016
  • Mostly girls until 2015, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s12#10,662 (2006)#10,828
2010s54#6,104 (2019)#8,602
2020s109#3,658 (2025)#5,670

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.

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