Zelie

Peak · girls
2021 · 142 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,264
since 2002

Zelie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zelie has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank200020102020peak #1,491, 2021girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,692121
2024#1,810111
2023#1,762116
2022#1,898106
2021#1,491142
2020#1,908100
2019#1,833111
2018#2,30279
2017#2,23684
2016#2,20687
2015#3,25450
2014#5,31025
2013#6,46219
2012#7,45616
2011#6,85518
2010#5,97722
2009#8,88813
2008#10,80710
2007#17,6365
2006#15,1526
2005#14,5026
2004#14,1796
2003#13,8446
2002#15,4325
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First appearance
2002

The first year at least five girls were named Zelie! It came in at #15,432, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2002–2007, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Zelie is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #835 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,296 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #965 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,104 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #721 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,489 girlsINOhio: #1,134 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,753 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,392 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,338 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,487 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 23,103 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedCONebraska: #396 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,419 girlsNEMissouri: #811 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,050 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedNMKansas: #578 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,362 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Zelie, so not publishedHITexas: #2,038 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 16,054 girlsTXFlorida: #1,685 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,395 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#396 · 1 in 1,419
  2. Kansas#578 · 1 in 2,362
  3. Indiana#721 · 1 in 3,489
  4. Missouri#811 · 1 in 4,050
  5. Minnesota#835 · 1 in 4,296

Best ever in a state: #208 in North Dakota, 2021.

Show every state
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Nebraska#39651 in 1,419
Kansas#57851 in 2,362
Indiana#72181 in 3,489
Missouri#81161 in 4,050
Minnesota#83551 in 4,296
Michigan#96571 in 5,104
Ohio#1,13471 in 6,753
Pennsylvania#1,39251 in 9,338
Florida#1,68571 in 12,395
Texas#2,038101 in 16,054
California#2,48771 in 23,103
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Zelie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 216 spots since 2020 (#1,908 → #1,692)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2002
  • Peaked 2021 at #1,491 (142 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,555
  • Highest: 1 in 11,555 girls born in 2021 were named Zelie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,283 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 55.1% of all girls named Zelie (696) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s57#8,888 (2009)#13,805
2010s511#1,833 (2019)#4,389
2020s696#1,491 (2021)#1,760

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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