How Many People Are Named Zelda?
people named Zelda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 36,049 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,739 babies named Zelda in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
526 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zelda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zelda alive today is about 30 years old, and 62% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zelda first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2020, to 526 babies. In 2025, 328 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zelda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #376, in 1911. In 2025 it ranked #832.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #832 |
| Best rank | #376 (1911) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #941 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zelda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zelda were born in California than in any other state: about 864 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zelda was given 1.9 times as often in New York, 1.7 times in Maryland and 1.6 times in West Virginia.
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