Zsazsa

Girls' name

Lily, through Zsuzsanna

Zsazsa has been given to 308 babies in the U.S. since 1957. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1965, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Zsazsa, 2021

1 in 678,000

Zsazsa over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zsazsa: meaning, origin, and history

Lily, through Zsuzsanna

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zsazsa means

Zsazsa belongs to the name family reached through Zsazsa → Zsuzsanna → Zsuzsanna. Its meaning is “lily”.

Origin, language, and formation

Zsazsa is used in English and Hungarian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Zsuzsanna and Zsa Zsa.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Zsazsa is pronounced [ˈʒɒʒɒ].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 308 girls were recorded with the name Zsazsa between 1957 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1965; its best national rank was #3,262 in 1965.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Zsazsa?

Zsazsa had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 678,000; 5 of 3,389,958 births
Among girls only: 1 in 328,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,949 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zsazsa sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2021 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,949 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zsazsa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zsazsas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zsazsa was born before 1978 — so the typical Zsazsa is around 47 today.

Median birth year: 1978; About 47 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 28.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 34.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 308; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 28.9% of all recorded uses (89).

Is Zsazsa rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1965 (16)
Years since peak: 60; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,262; 1965

Zsazsa by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,262; 1965
Peak year: 1965; 16 that year
First recorded: 1957
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 308
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Zsazsa

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Zsa Daizsa Azsa

Sibling names for Zsazsa

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sarita Kandy Bettina Lanette Kenneth Rona Vonda Dawna

For a brother

Darron Daron Kip Deron Daren Tad Richie Kennedy

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