Zale Popularity by Year
Follow Zale across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Zale birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Boys | 11 | #7,257 | Up 4,982 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 5 | #12,239 | Down 6,092 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 14 | #6,147 | Up 1,440 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 10 | #7,587 | Down 553 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 11 | #7,034 | Down 1,694 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 17 | #5,340 | Up 1,363 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 12 | #6,703 | Up 2,137 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 8 | #8,840 | Up 1,904 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 6 | #10,744 | Down 2,000 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 8 | #8,744 | Up 3,364 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 5 | #12,108 | Down 5,867 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 13 | #6,241 | Up 3,468 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 7 | #9,709 | Up 1,099 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 6 | #10,808 | Up 1,683 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 5 | #12,491 | Down 436 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 5 | #12,055 | Down 4,959 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 10 | #7,096 | Up 735 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 8 | #7,831 | Up 625 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 7 | #8,456 | Down 247 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 7 | #8,209 | Down 649 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 7 | #7,560 | Down 4,196 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 6 | #3,364 | — |