NameTides

Zimal

Zimal was the #5,238 girls' name in the US in 2025 (24 babies), and #439 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Zimal as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zimal 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaUS
Zimal 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#5,238 (24)#439 (91)#780 (3)#885 (3)#2,475 (8)
2024#5,799 (21)#467 (88)#476 (6)—#1,833 (12)
2023#3,274 (49)#574 (67)——#1,044 (24)
2022#3,123 (52)#534 (73)#531 (5)#905 (3)#1,209 (20)
2021#4,833 (27)#603 (64)—#517 (7)#1,592 (14)
2020#6,629 (17)#1,164 (28)——#2,343 (8)
2019#7,025 (16)#1,218 (27)—#871 (3)#2,188 (9)
2018#4,768 (28)#864 (43)——#1,639 (13)
2017#8,776 (12)#1,371 (24)——#2,609 (7)
2016#10,113 (10)#1,920 (15)#798 (3)—#2,383 (8)
2015#8,931 (12)#1,961 (14)——#2,891 (6)
2014#10,955 (9)#2,659 (9)——#2,617 (7)
2013#11,969 (8)#3,160 (7)———
2012#12,199 (8)#5,876 (3)———
2011—#5,785 (3)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #3,123.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2012.

How common is it?

about 1 in 67,000 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 67,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zimal is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 69,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 28,000 to 1 in 170,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zimal by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: 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: #1,830NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth 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: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Zimal (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Zimal (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZimalCanadaGirls#2,4758
ZimalEngland & WalesGirls#43991
ZimalIrelandGirls#8853
ZimalNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ZimalScotlandGirls#7803
ZimalUSGirls#5,23824