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Zelta

Feminine

1915high 1916
Rare todaygiven to only a few children a year
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Zelta entered the US charts in 1915, peaked at #2658 in 1916, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Zelta?

Zelta first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Zelta alive today was born around 1925, making them about 100 years old. Fewer than a hundred people named Zelta are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.

When was the name Zelta most popular?

Zelta peaked in 1916, reaching #2658 nationally. See the whole 1916 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1915–2025116011519151965

US babies named Zelta per year from 1915 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#26581910s1960s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1915
Most girls named
191611 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2658reached in 1916
Change vs 1954
−16.7%5 in 1965, from 6
Zelta sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1916, with 11 girls. 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.

Zeltas among us

Fewer than a hundred people named Zelta are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.

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

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Fashion outlook

Zelta sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.

Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them

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Frequently asked

How many Zeltas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Zelta are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
How popular is the name Zelta in 2025?
Zelta is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
Will my child share the name Zelta with classmates?
Zelta will almost certainly be the only one in school.

More Z names

The most-given names starting with Z, all years combined.

Zoe#31 · Zoey#69 · Zara#212 · Zuri#328 · Zelma#6838 · Zelda#832 · Zariah#449 · Zella#1733

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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