Zeal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZEEL
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Zeal is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “eager devotion”. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Zeal mean?
English: English word, from Greek zelos
“eager devotion”
Virtue name from the English word for eager devotion, from Greek zelos.
Is Zeal a girl's or a boy's name?
Zeal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zeal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,657th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 138% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Zeal, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. It first appears in the records in 2006.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Zeal of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Zeal in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zeal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
Names like Zeal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayn, Zayd, Truce, Zaiel, Crew, Soul, Aziel, Zayan, Saint, Amias, Zamir, Zahir
Names related to Zeal
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zeal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zeal, updated 20 October 2026.