Is Zell a boy or girl name?

Zell is a unisex name. Of the 583 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 63.5% were girls and 36.5% were boys. It changed hands in 1925, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Zell

Recorded 1898–2023 · United States

Zell was most popular in 1925, when 29 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,735 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 583 people named Zell.

Zell over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zell’s peak in 1925. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zell a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zell is a unisex name — 63.5% of the 583 Americans given it were girls and 36.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 1925 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. 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.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org