Names / Boy names
Zale
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#3,710
in 1951
First recorded
1951
in U.S. data
Children named
188
since 1951
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #3,710 in 1951 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Sea strength. It enters U.S. records in American naming data in 1951. It currently sits off the most-common lists, a quieter choice. Only about 188 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.