How Many People Are Named Zell?
people named Zell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,756,329 people in the US has this name
Based on 583 babies named Zell in Social Security records from 1898 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
29 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Zell, 22.9% were girls and 77.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 72.1% of the babies were girls then and 75.6% in the 1920s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zell alive today is about 40 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zell first appears in the records in 1898 and was given most often in 1925, to 29 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1898 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Zell has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,236, in 1905. Among boys, its best rank was #2,060, in 1919.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,236 (1905) | #2,060 (1919) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,126 in the 1910s | #3,133 in the 1910s |
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