How Many People Are Named Zale?
An estimated 184 people in the United States have the first name Zale. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 13 years old, and Zale peaked in popularity in 2019 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Zale as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Zale paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
184
About 1 in 1,862,795 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
13
years old
Peak Year
2019
17 births
Total Registered
187
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Zale
Zale is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 187 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Zale as a male name
Ranked #7,714 in 2024
11 male births in 2024
Peak: 2019 (17 births)
Zale: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Zale span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 82 babies were registered. While Zale is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Zale by Decade
How has Zale tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Zale + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Zale as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Zale
Other first names starting with Z with a similar number of bearers.
Zale: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Zale?
We estimate approximately 184 people named Zale are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,862,795 Americans share this first name.
Is Zale a common name?
Zale is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 187 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Zale most popular?
Zale reached peak popularity in 2019, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Zale is approximately 13 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Zale a male name?
Zale is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Zale Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Zale Smith, Zale Johnson, Zale Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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