Zalmen
Recorded 1956–2025 · United States
Zalmen was most popular in 2024, when 36 American babies were given the name — ranking #7,037 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,565, with 32 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 682 people named Zalmen.
Zalmen over time
How old is the name Zalmen?
Zalmen first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1956, which makes it about 69 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 49 of the 70 years since.
How many people are named Zalmen?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 682 American births named Zalmen between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 663 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Zalmen in 2025?
32 American babies were named Zalmen in 2025, ranking #7,565 that year.
Is Zalmen getting more or less popular?
Zalmen is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 23 births a year, against 18 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +33% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Zalmen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Zalmen is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 682 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Zalmen?
Roughly 663 Americans named Zalmen are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 17 years old, and half are between 8 and 28.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Zalmen is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org