Zelda
Girl · ZEL-da · Germanic
Zelda is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 973rd for girls in the UK (38 babies) and 832nd for girls in the US (328 babies).
What does Zelda mean?
Germanic: short form of Griselda; also a Yiddish name
Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, inspired the name of Princess Zelda in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda games.
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- ZEL-da
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Is Zelda a girl's or a boy's name?
Zelda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the UK and 328 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zelda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #973among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 7,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the UK were named Zelda, making it the 973rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 745th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 54 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zelda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 922nd in England and Wales.
Zelda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #973 |
| 2024 | 33 | #1,084 |
| 2023 | 45 | #856 |
| 2022 | 33 | #1,091 |
| 2021 | 46 | #846 |
| 2020 | 54 | #745 |
| 2019 | 36 | #1,040 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,244 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Zelda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #832among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 328about 1 in 4,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 328 girls in the US were named Zelda, making it the 832nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 558th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 526 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Zelda than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Zelda in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zelda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 328 | #832 |
| 2024 | 377 | #747 |
| 2023 | 403 | #704 |
| 2022 | 435 | #670 |
| 2021 | 492 | #608 |
| 2020 | 526 | #558 |
| 2019 | 436 | #664 |
| 2018 | 442 | #667 |
| 2017 | 456 | #648 |
| 2016 | 426 | #687 |
| 2015 | 443 | #648 |
| 2014 | 214 | #1,156 |
| 2013 | 183 | #1,286 |
| 2012 | 139 | #1,566 |
| 2011 | 81 | #2,298 |
| 2010 | 69 | #2,614 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,939 |
| 2008 | 54 | #3,119 |
| 2007 | 53 | #3,214 |
| 2006 | 49 | #3,315 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 27 | #2,743 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,455 |
| 1972 | 39 | #2,022 |
| 1971 | 39 | #2,107 |
| 1970 | 67 | #1,490 |
| 1969 | 53 | #1,648 |
| 1968 | 95 | #1,090 |
| 1967 | 105 | #997 |
| 1966 | 117 | #940 |
| 1965 | 109 | #996 |
| 1964 | 133 | #904 |
| 1963 | 171 | #793 |
| 1962 | 178 | #781 |
| 1961 | 169 | #805 |
| 1960 | 135 | #909 |
| 1959 | 142 | #859 |
| 1958 | 131 | #891 |
| 1957 | 127 | #902 |
| 1956 | 141 | #837 |
| 1955 | 120 | #889 |
| 1954 | 107 | #932 |
| 1953 | 107 | #905 |
| 1952 | 96 | #953 |
| 1951 | 88 | #995 |
| 1950 | 101 | #884 |
| 1949 | 90 | #934 |
| 1948 | 108 | #841 |
| 1947 | 97 | #897 |
| 1946 | 122 | #732 |
| 1945 | 88 | #803 |
| 1944 | 111 | #715 |
| 1943 | 118 | #705 |
| 1942 | 106 | #725 |
| 1941 | 106 | #681 |
| 1940 | 128 | #618 |
| 1939 | 127 | #593 |
| 1938 | 145 | #568 |
| 1937 | 147 | #556 |
| 1936 | 124 | #593 |
| 1935 | 161 | #502 |
| 1934 | 189 | #468 |
| 1933 | 160 | #506 |
| 1932 | 197 | #468 |
| 1931 | 175 | #488 |
| 1930 | 225 | #450 |
| 1929 | 209 | #455 |
| 1928 | 233 | #446 |
| 1927 | 236 | #453 |
| 1926 | 231 | #444 |
| 1925 | 251 | #436 |
| 1924 | 250 | #442 |
| 1923 | 227 | #455 |
| 1922 | 251 | #415 |
| 1921 | 280 | #405 |
| 1920 | 208 | #470 |
| 1919 | 225 | #438 |
| 1918 | 250 | #416 |
| 1917 | 240 | #407 |
| 1916 | 258 | #389 |
| 1915 | 230 | #397 |
| 1914 | 159 | #427 |
| 1913 | 155 | #389 |
| 1912 | 134 | #397 |
| 1911 | 117 | #374 |
| 1910 | 86 | #426 |
| 1909 | 62 | #477 |
| 1908 | 86 | #388 |
| 1907 | 67 | #434 |
| 1906 | 64 | #428 |
| 1905 | 76 | #387 |
| 1904 | 68 | #395 |
| 1903 | 45 | #478 |
| 1902 | 38 | #518 |
| 1901 | 43 | #452 |
| 1900 | 46 | #499 |
| 1899 | 35 | #498 |
| 1898 | 38 | #502 |
| 1897 | 27 | #584 |
| 1896 | 31 | #538 |
| 1895 | 28 | #565 |
| 1894 | 25 | #586 |
| 1893 | 25 | #561 |
| 1892 | 15 | #762 |
| 1891 | 16 | #669 |
| 1890 | 14 | #727 |
| 1889 | 13 | #724 |
| 1888 | 11 | #793 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1886 | 8 | #828 |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
| 1884 | 7 | #851 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #738 |
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