Zelda
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Zelda
Classified as an early beauty, Zelda has long and often been used as such for characters in books and films. Since 1986, Zelda has been a prime Nintendo name, as in the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
Zelda was in baby name limbo for a number of years, but it's making a comeback with the interest in Z (and X) names. It was one of the fastest-rising girls’ names of 2015, when it entered the Top 1000 for the first time in nearly 50 years.
For many, there will always be a strong association to Scott Fitzgerald's tortured wife, herself a writer and a symbol of the 1920's Jazz Age — also the subject of a recent novel-turned-television show.
Trivia tidbit: Marilyn Monroe was known to sometimes use the pseudonym Zelda Zonk.
Zelda is also given to boys.
Pronounced ZEL-duh.
As of October 2026, Zelda ranked #832 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #376 in 1911, Nameberry popularity #414.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,160 | 214 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #649 | 443 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #688 | 426 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #650 | 456 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #668 | 442 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #665 | 436 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #559 | 526 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #608 | 492 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #671 | 435 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #704 | 403 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #748 | 376 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #832 | 328 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Zelda for girls
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Zelda on lists
Famous Zeldas
- Zelda FitzgeraldGirl
American novelist; wife of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Zelda May RubinsteinGirl
American actress
- Zelda PopkinGirl
American mystery novelist
- Zelda HarrisGirl
American actress
- Zelda SearsGirl
American actress and writer
- Zelda Rae WilliamsGirl
American actress; daughter of Robin Williams
- Zelda June TopolskyGirl
daughter of tech guru Joshua Topolsky of Engadget
- Zelda Violet Frissberg (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of Emma Bloomberg and Chris Frissora; granddaughter of politician Michael Bloomberg
Zelda in pop culture
- ZeldaGirl
character in the hit game series, The Legend of Zelda.
- Zelda HeapGirl
character in the Septimus Heap book series
- Zelda SpellmanGirl
Sabrina's aunt on TV's "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" and Netflix's "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"
- ZeldaGirl
character in Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast
- ZeldaGirl
a main character in Morris Gleitzman's "Once," "Then," "After" and "Now"
- Zelda ZonkGirl
a pseudonym used by Marilyn Monroe
- Zelda ReginhardGirl
character in anime and manga series Lotte no Omocha!
- ZeldaGirl
character in the British TV series Terrahawks
- Zelda DobinskiGirl
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- Zelda MaeGirl
character in "The Sims 3" computer game
- ZeldaGirl
character from "Smells Like Dog" series by Suzanne Selfors