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Zelma

Zelma (Arabic origin). 3,499 US babies since 1940, peak 1940.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

Arabic

In US birth records

Peak year: 1940

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3,499 US babies were named Zelma between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Zelma (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 3 Selmas spell it Zelma

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1940)