Zorro
Zorro is a given name and surname. Zorro is Spanish for 'fox'. Zorro is the name of a fictional character created in 1919 by Johnston McCulley, typically portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante.
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Meaning & Origin of Zorro
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zorro is a given name and surname. Zorro is Spanish for 'fox'. Zorro is the name of a fictional character created in 1919 by Johnston McCulley, typically portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Zorro
American parents first put Zorro on the record books as a baby boy name in 2022, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 7 Zorros were born — ranking #9,752 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 12 Zorros have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2020s through the 2020s.
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About the name Zorro
Zorro is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2022 and has accumulated 12 births in the dataset. Zorro's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #9,752. Use the chart and map above to compare Zorro's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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