How Many People Are Named Zissel?
An estimated 311 people in the United States have the first name Zissel. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 15 years old, and Zissel peaked in popularity in 2020 with 21 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Zissel 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 Zissel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
311
About 1 in 1,102,104 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
15
years old
Peak Year
2020
21 births
Total Registered
315
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Zissel
Zissel is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 315 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Zissel as a female name
Ranked #10,236 in 2024
10 female births in 2024
Peak: 2020 (21 births)
Zissel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Zissel span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 109 babies were registered. Zissel remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Zissel by Decade
How has Zissel 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.
Zissel by State
Zissel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Zissel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Zissel
Other first names starting with Z with a similar number of bearers.
Zissel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Zissel?
We estimate approximately 311 people named Zissel 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 1,102,104 Americans share this first name.
Is Zissel a common name?
Zissel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 315 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Zissel most popular?
Zissel reached peak popularity in 2020, when 21 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Zissel is approximately 15 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Zissel a female name?
Zissel is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Zissel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Zissel Smith, Zissel Johnson, Zissel 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 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me