Zelia
Girl · ZEE-lee-uh
Zelia is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
Where does Zelia come from?
Uncertain; perhaps from Greek zelos 'zeal' or a variant of Celia
- Say it
- ZEE-lee-uh
Is Zelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Zelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zelia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Zelia, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Zelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Zelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Zelia, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. It first appears in the records in 1883.
2025 had the most girls named Zelia of any year since it first appeared, in 1883.
Half of all the girls named Zelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,164 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 19 | #2,061 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,366 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,927 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,921 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,690 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,133 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,151 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,297 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,207 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,357 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,363 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,320 |
| 1901 | 12 | #961 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,318 |
| 1899 | 18 | #756 |
| 1898 | 15 | #886 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,053 |
| 1894 | 12 | #905 |
| 1893 | 10 | #955 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 11 | #825 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,024 |
| 1888 | 10 | #837 |
| 1887 | 11 | #693 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
Names like Zelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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