girls:
66 births since 2010
#5650 (1st percentile)
boys:
714 births since 2000
#3873 (15th percentile)
overall:
780 births since 2000
#6959 (10th percentile)
The name Zealand is the #6,959 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 780 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 10.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,873 (15.5% percentile) for all time with 714 births since 2000. For girls, it ranks #5,650 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 66 births since 2010.
Zealand first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (2000 for boys and 2010 for girls). Birth data for Zealand is available in 22 out of the 24 years between 2000 and 2023 (22 years for boys and 8 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Zealand has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 90.7% of babies named Zealand were boys.
For boys, Zealand reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 14.0% percentile (ranked #795) with 72 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 72 births per million (ranked 14.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zealand ranks #818 for boys (10.2% percentile) with 54 births per million, which is 74.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Zealand reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #946) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zealand ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 60.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zealand".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Zealand. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Zealand is pronounced as ZEE-luhnd, which has 2 syllables.
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