Zelig
Boy · ZEH-lig · Germanic
Zelig is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “blessed, happy”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Zelig mean?
Germanic: Yiddish, from German selig 'blessed'
“blessed, happy”
A traditional Yiddish name among Ashkenazi Jews, often paired with the Hebrew Asher, which also means happy or blessed.
- Say it
- ZEH-lig
Is Zelig a girl's or a boy's name?
Zelig is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zelig in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Zelig, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Zelig in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zelig in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
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