girls:
370 births since 1898
#5346 (6th percentile)
boys:
213 births since 1914
#4373 (5th percentile)
overall:
583 births since 1898
#7156 (8th percentile)
The name Zell is the #7,156 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 583 recorded births since 1898. This represents the 7.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,346 (6.4% percentile) for all time with 370 births since 1898. For boys, it ranks #4,373 (4.6% percentile) for all time with 213 births since 1914.
Zell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1898 (1898 for girls and 1914 for boys). Birth data for Zell is available in 57 out of the 126 years between 1898 and 2023 (39 years for girls and 33 years for boys). 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 Zell has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (63.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Zell were girls. Interestingly, until around 1941, the name was more popular for girls (78.0% girls from 1898 to 1940), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (83.9% boys from 1941 to 2023).
For girls, Zell reached its peak popularity in 1925, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #598) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1905, with 36 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1958.
For boys, Zell reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #524) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1919, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Zell ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 17.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zell".
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