Zelma
Girl · Arabic
Zelma is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Zelma mean?
Arabic
A female given name from Arabic, variant of Selma.
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Is Zelma a girl's or a boy's name?
Zelma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zelma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Zelma, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1919, with 488 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zelma in the US since 1880 were born between 1914 and 1936, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zelma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,629 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,874 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,011 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,296 |
| 1967 | 25 | #2,432 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,715 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,741 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,747 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,814 |
| 1962 | 57 | #1,476 |
| 1961 | 65 | #1,386 |
| 1960 | 62 | #1,392 |
| 1959 | 81 | #1,183 |
| 1958 | 83 | #1,163 |
| 1957 | 77 | #1,201 |
| 1956 | 96 | #1,042 |
| 1955 | 104 | #977 |
| 1954 | 120 | #871 |
| 1953 | 106 | #914 |
| 1952 | 96 | #953 |
| 1951 | 103 | #890 |
| 1950 | 120 | #791 |
| 1949 | 150 | #682 |
| 1948 | 115 | #804 |
| 1947 | 146 | #700 |
| 1946 | 143 | #667 |
| 1945 | 168 | #567 |
| 1944 | 151 | #598 |
| 1943 | 178 | #567 |
| 1942 | 181 | #553 |
| 1941 | 148 | #572 |
| 1940 | 190 | #501 |
| 1939 | 180 | #497 |
| 1938 | 194 | #476 |
| 1937 | 191 | #474 |
| 1936 | 185 | #470 |
| 1935 | 237 | #423 |
| 1934 | 272 | #391 |
| 1933 | 230 | #422 |
| 1932 | 303 | #367 |
| 1931 | 284 | #386 |
| 1930 | 370 | #338 |
| 1929 | 347 | #350 |
| 1928 | 371 | #351 |
| 1927 | 382 | #340 |
| 1926 | 356 | #354 |
| 1925 | 431 | #322 |
| 1924 | 417 | #330 |
| 1923 | 447 | #306 |
| 1922 | 467 | #296 |
| 1921 | 445 | #310 |
| 1920 | 448 | #308 |
| 1919 | 488 | #287 |
| 1918 | 471 | #294 |
| 1917 | 477 | #283 |
| 1916 | 466 | #276 |
| 1915 | 487 | #266 |
| 1914 | 373 | #270 |
| 1913 | 342 | #252 |
| 1912 | 307 | #255 |
| 1911 | 268 | #240 |
| 1910 | 220 | #257 |
| 1909 | 240 | #233 |
| 1908 | 199 | #242 |
| 1907 | 212 | #227 |
| 1906 | 188 | #231 |
| 1905 | 161 | #258 |
| 1904 | 198 | #217 |
| 1903 | 176 | #224 |
| 1902 | 189 | #216 |
| 1901 | 127 | #256 |
| 1900 | 131 | #287 |
| 1899 | 120 | #261 |
| 1898 | 104 | #305 |
| 1897 | 104 | #277 |
| 1896 | 82 | #321 |
| 1895 | 80 | #322 |
| 1894 | 77 | #318 |
| 1893 | 57 | #356 |
| 1892 | 56 | #351 |
| 1891 | 63 | #317 |
| 1890 | 52 | #354 |
| 1889 | 43 | #368 |
| 1888 | 37 | #403 |
| 1887 | 27 | #424 |
| 1886 | 32 | #378 |
| 1885 | 18 | #500 |
| 1884 | 29 | #368 |
| 1883 | 16 | #480 |
| 1882 | 21 | #389 |
| 1881 | 17 | #405 |
| 1880 | 19 | #375 |
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