Zelta
Last seen for girls in 1965 at #6,539
- Peak · girls
- 1916 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 164since 1915
Zelta over time
Rank among girls' names. Zelta has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
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| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
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| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
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| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
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| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
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| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
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| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
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| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
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| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Zelta! It came in at #3,434, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1924, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Zelta is popular in 1940
No state had 5 or more girls named Zelta in 1940, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Zelta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1916 at #2,658 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1924, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 94,939 girls born in 1916 were named Zelta (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 353,033 girls born in 1965 (0.00%)
- 40.2% of all girls named Zelta (66) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 42 | #2,658 (1916) | #3,346 |
| 1920s | 66 | #3,152 (1922) | #3,612 |
| 1930s | 32 | #3,226 (1931) | #3,748 |
| 1940s | 13 | #3,503 (1940) | #4,077 |
| 1950s | 6 | #5,148 (1954) | #5,148 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,539 (1965) | #6,539 |
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.
Zelta in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 163,361 of them was named Zelta, which outranked 30.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,208Zane8
- #3,208Zela8
- #3,208Zondra8
- #3,503Zelta7
- #3,503Adean7
- #3,503Agapita7
- #3,503Aleatha7
- #3,863Adina6
- #3,863Adra6
- #3,863Adrain6
Tied with 359 names at #3,503; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.