Zellie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZEL-ee
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Zellie is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Zellie mean?
French: spelling of Zélie, a French pet form
St Zélie Martin, canonised in 2015, was the mother of St Thérèse of Lisieux.
Is Zellie a girl's or a boy's name?
Zellie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zellie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Zellie, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1918, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1897.
Half of all the girls named Zellie in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zellie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,673 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,163 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
Names like Zellie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Millie, Elsie, Winnie, Hattie, Evie, Lottie, Sophie, Hallie, Lettie, Josie, Olive, Birdie
Names related to Zellie
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
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, “Zellie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zellie, updated 20 October 2026.