Zealand

Zealand was the #1,753 boys' name in the US in 2025 (92 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Zealand as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Zealand as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Zealand as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,753 (92)#2,952 (7)#2,789 (6)
2024#1,521 (116)—#1,432 (15)
2023#1,701 (99)#3,524 (5)#2,921 (5)
2022#1,379 (135)——
2021#1,433 (126)#3,990 (4)#1,653 (11)
2020#3,344 (33)—#2,746 (5)
2019#3,571 (31)——
2018#4,610 (21)——
2017#3,312 (34)——
2016#4,327 (23)——
2015#3,775 (28)——
2014#3,297 (33)——
2013#4,180 (23)——
2012#4,533 (21)——
2011#5,433 (16)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,379.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zealand is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 24,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zealand by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,438CAUtah: #703UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,625FL
Zealand (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZealandCanadaBoys#2,7896
ZealandEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
ZealandUSGirls—too few
ZealandUSBoys#1,75392