Zetta

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births

Peak · girls
1883 · 15 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,058
since 1880

Zetta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zetta has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #499, 1883girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024—
2023#13,4626
2022#12,2437
2021—
2020#13,4536
2019#8,13813
2018#10,5459
2017#9,34111
2016#7,60215
2015#14,4826
2014#14,5586
2013#7,37216
2012#9,71111
2011#6,85518
2010#8,70113
2009#9,97511
2008#11,5999
2007#13,9247
2006#9,90111
2005#10,9219
2004#16,0995
2003—
2002—
2001#15,3525
2000—
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990—
1989—
1988—
1987—
1986#9,5456
1985—
1984—
1983—
1982—
1981#10,4115
1980—
1979—
1978—
1977—
1976—
1975—
1974—
1973—
1972—
1971#7,3886
1970—
1969—
1968#6,2466
1967#6,0426
1966#4,19810
1965#5,2897
1964#5,0088
1963#4,01911
1962#4,5339
1961#4,00911
1960#3,92011
1959#3,61912
1958#2,86217
1957#2,72718
1956#2,00529
1955#3,09514
1954#3,71810
1953#2,92114
1952#2,67116
1951#2,93713
1950#3,23511
1949#2,62015
1948#2,25519
1947#3,44810
1946#2,22818
1945#3,1329
1944#1,96719
1943#1,62527
1942#1,70624
1941#2,66811
1940#1,79220
1939#1,51425
1938#1,59623
1937#1,35529
1936#1,64021
1935#1,91717
1934#1,37228
1933#1,44226
1932#1,34630
1931#1,50225
1930#1,40330
1929#1,37031
1928#1,54127
1927#1,26139
1926#1,35734
1925#1,03753
1924#1,40934
1923#1,11147
1922#1,16843
1921#1,12646
1920#1,20640
1919#1,36932
1918#1,36032
1917#1,14939
1916#1,05943
1915#1,15335
1914#95638
1913#1,04027
1912#1,25218
1911#1,24114
1910#89623
1909#1,10414
1908#97017
1907#1,3849
1906#91716
1905#82520
1904#96514
1903#68024
1902#90315
1901#74719
1900#91717
1899#83515
1898#71921
1897#61525
1896#75418
1895#57827
1894#74416
1893#56125
1892#68518
1891#83911
1890#59919
1889#58919
1888#61217
1887#58615
1886#54017
1885#60813
1884#68610
1883#49915
1882#7407
1881#6797
1880#6288
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Zetta was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1969–1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Zetta is popular in 1955

No state had 5 or more girls named Zetta in 1955, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Zetta
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,489 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #14,942)
  • 460 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 414 spots in 1908 (#1,384 → #970)
  • Biggest drop: 467 spots in 1907 (#917 → #1,384)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #499 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 82 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1880–1906
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,488
  • Highest: 1 in 7,488 girls born in 1883 were named Zetta (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.1% of all girls named Zetta (394) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s128#499 (1883)#617
1890s195#561 (1893)#693
1900s165#680 (1903)#941
1910s301#896 (1910)#1,148
1920s394#1,037 (1925)#1,259
1930s254#1,346 (1932)#1,509
1940s172#1,625 (1943)#2,344
1950s154#2,005 (1956)#2,979
1960s79#3,920 (1960)#4,807
1970s6#7,388 (1971)#7,388
1980s11#9,545 (1986)#9,978
1990s0——
2000s57#9,901 (2006)#12,539
2010s118#6,855 (2011)#9,731
2020s24#12,243 (2022)#13,525

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.

Zetta in 1955

girls
#3,095
14 births · 1 in 139,663 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #3,095Zetta14
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 139,663 of them was named Zetta, which outranked 54.0% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zetta
  1. #2,971Virgina15
  2. #2,971Viveca15
  3. #2,971Zulma15
  4. #3,095Zetta14
  5. #3,095Adair14
  6. #3,095Aleda14
  7. #3,095Alica14
  8. #3,225Adel13
  9. #3,225Alethia13
  10. #3,225Annell13

Tied with 129 names at #3,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1955 →