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 | |
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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 | — | |
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| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #3,173 | 6 |
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| 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 1946
No state had 5 or more girls named Zell in 1946, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 314,261 of them was named Zell, which outranked 12.8% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 726 names at #4,960; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 270,671 of them was named Zell, which outranked 21.0% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).