Zell
Last seen for girls in 1958 at #4,890 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 63.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1905 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 370since 1898
Zell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
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| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #3,886 | 5 |
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
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| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
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| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Zell! It came in at #1,700, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Zell is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#433 · 1 in 5,770
Best ever in a state: #267 in West Virginia, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #433 | 5 | 1 in 5,770 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
See more about Zell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1958
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1905 at #1,162 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,511 girls born in 1905 were named Zell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,374 girls born in 1958 (0.00%)
- 32.2% of all girls named Zell (119) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1979, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,700 (1898) | #1,700 |
| 1900s | 58 | #1,162 (1905) | #1,456 |
| 1910s | 119 | #1,421 (1912) | #2,118 |
| 1920s | 118 | #1,891 (1925) | #2,961 |
| 1930s | 48 | #2,972 (1931) | #3,613 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,960 (1946) | #4,960 |
| 1950s | 17 | #4,890 (1958) | #5,340 |
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.
Zell in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 70,647 of them was named Zell, which outranked 62.2% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,109Villa18
- #2,109Wylma18
- #2,109Zina18
- #2,186Zell17
- #2,186Akiko17
- #2,186Aldean17
- #2,186Alla17
- #2,291Adelaida16
- #2,291Adriana16
- #2,291Aili16
Tied with 104 names at #2,186; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.