Is Zelie a boy or girl name?

Zelie is a girl’s name. Of the 1,264 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Zelie

Recorded 2002–2025 · United States

Zelie was most popular in 2021, when 142 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,768 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,107, with 121 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,264 people named Zelie.

Zelie over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zelie’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zelie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zelie is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,264 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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 Zelie

Where Zelie 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