Is Zealand a boy or girl name?

Zealand is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 997 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 7.2% were girls and 92.8% were boys.

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Zealand

Recorded 2000–2025 · United States

Zealand was most popular in 2022, when 152 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,689 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,745, with 92 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 997 people named Zealand.

Zealand over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zealand’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zealand a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zealand is mostly a boy’s name — 7.2% of the 997 Americans given it were girls and 92.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 7% girls and 93% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Zealand

Where Zealand 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