NameTides

Zelda

Zelda was the #832 girls' name in the US in 2025 (328 babies), and #922 in England & Wales and #1,218 in Canada.

Zelda as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zelda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Zelda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#832 (328)#922 (38)——#1,218 (21)
2024#747 (377)#1,160 (29)#638 (4)—#1,409 (17)
2023#704 (403)#851 (42)#749 (3)—#1,203 (20)
2022#670 (435)#1,081 (31)—#905 (3)#837 (32)
2021#608 (492)#812 (44)——#877 (32)
2020#558 (526)#735 (50)#636 (4)#700 (4)#923 (29)
2019#664 (436)#1,063 (32)#650 (4)—#807 (35)
2018#667 (442)#1,436 (22)#680 (4)—#1,376 (17)
2017#648 (456)#1,296 (26)——#759 (37)
2016#687 (426)#1,327 (25)—#868 (3)#1,280 (19)
2015#648 (443)#1,240 (27)——#1,584 (14)
2014#1,156 (214)#2,314 (11)——#1,681 (13)
2013#1,286 (183)#3,536 (6)——#1,792 (12)
2012#1,566 (139)#2,969 (8)——#2,338 (8)
2011#2,298 (81)#4,049 (5)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #558.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,900 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Zelda is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,000 to 1 in 5,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zelda by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #658NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #700CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #796GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #780TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Zelda (girls) 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
ZeldaCanadaGirls#1,21821
ZeldaEngland & WalesGirls#92238
ZeldaIrelandGirls—too few
ZeldaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ZeldaScotlandGirls—too few
ZeldaUSGirls#832328
ZeldaUSBoys—too few