Zale

Boy · recorded 1951–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 2019best year

Most popular in 2019.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Zale.

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Its story

Popularity since 1951

05919511969198820062024

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 22 recorded years as a table
Zale, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19513
19984
20004
20024
20034
20055
20062
20093
20113
20124
20137
20143
20154
20163
20174
20187
20199
20206
20216
20228
20233
20246

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Zale isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
11
Rank in 2024
#7,257
How rare
1 in 156,626 boys
Since 1951
188

Zale was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2019, at 9 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Zale doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.