Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Zelma

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Zelma
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.5% from peak

Peak era

1919

Peak rank proxy

488

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19192024

Peak year

1919

Decline from peak

96.5%

2024

All-time

16,807

Zelma once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1919, when 488 girls were named Zelma.

In 2024, only 17 girls were given the name.

Down 96.5% from its peak.

All told, about 16,807 Americans have been named Zelma and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.5% from peak

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