Zearl

Last seen for boys in 1927 at #3,780

Peak · boys
1927 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11
since 1920

Zearl over time

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Rank among boys' names. Zearl has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

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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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First appearance
1920

The first year at least five boys were named Zearl! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1926, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Zearl
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1927
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1920
  • Peaked 1927 at #3,780 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1928, 1 yr later
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 187,819
  • Highest: 1 in 187,819 boys born in 1927 were named Zearl (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 100.0% of all boys named Zearl (11) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s11#3,780 (1927)#4,033

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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