How many Zeals are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Zeal are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Zeal in 2025?

Zeal ranks #3658 among US boy names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Zeal?

About 1 in every 56,936 US boys born in 2025 was named Zeal — 30 in all.

Will my child share the name Zeal with classmates?

Zeal will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Zeal

Masculine

Zeal is given to both — 175 boys and 17 girls since 1880. See other names given to both

#3658 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare30 boys in 2025

Zeal entered the US charts in 2006 and is at its record high, #3658 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Zeal?

Zeal first appears in US birth records in 2006 — 19 years ago. The typical Zeal is a kid of about 3 — this name's wave is very recent. About 200 people named Zeal are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Zeal most popular?

Zeal peaked in 2025, reaching #3658 nationally. Today it ranks #3658, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 2006
Most boys named: 202530 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #3658reached in 2025
Change vs 2024: +20.0%30 in 2025, from 25

Zeal sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 30 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Zeal in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.

Zeals among us

200

people named Zeal are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 56,936 born in 2025 was named Zeal

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Is it right for you

What happens to a name after it peaks

The Mahesh test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zeal's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Mahesh climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Mahesh's path sketches the road Zeal is walking now.

40%chance Zeal will feel “very 2020s” by 2040

Zeal, aligned on its peakMahesh· peak 1971not yet written

Zeal today is about where Mahesh stood in 1971 — in its own peak year. By 1986, Mahesh had settled around #6029.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Zeal sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Zeal is headed

Zeal is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 83% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Rising+83% by 2030projected around #2,562 in 2030

Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Zeal beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Zeal in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Zealthis name30#3658Jimmie30#3658Mckinley30#3658Menno30#3658Claudio30#3658

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Zeals are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Zeal are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Zeal in 2025?: Zeal ranks #3658 among US boy names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Zeal?: About 1 in every 56,936 US boys born in 2025 was named Zeal — 30 in all.
Will my child share the name Zeal with classmates?: Zeal will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Jimmie^#3658 · Mckinley^#3658 · Menno^#3658 · Claudio^#3658 · Ezekial^#3658 · Brandt^#3658 · Benuel^#3658 · Gustav^#3658

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