Zan
Last seen for girls in 1969 at #5,456 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 85.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1950 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 659since 1916
Zan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,257 | 11 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,166 | 9 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,763 | 12 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,520 | 20 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,007 | 16 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,276 | 19 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,044 | 20 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | — | #2,438 | 10 | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
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| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Zan! It came in at #3,516, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1927, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Zan
- 1,653 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #8,910)
- 3,176 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #8,910)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1950 at #2,438 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 97,076 boys born in 2002 were named Zan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,438 in 1950, was only 1 in 179,026 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.5% of all boys named Zan (148) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1969, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,516 (1916) | #3,516 |
| 1920s | 11 | #3,697 (1928) | #3,949 |
| 1930s | 29 | #2,905 (1937) | #3,318 |
| 1940s | 33 | #2,534 (1946) | #3,083 |
| 1950s | 79 | #2,438 (1950) | #2,828 |
| 1960s | 80 | #2,504 (1962) | #2,936 |
| 1970s | 33 | #3,836 (1970) | #5,164 |
| 1980s | 52 | #3,805 (1985) | #4,964 |
| 1990s | 93 | #4,114 (1992) | #5,956 |
| 2000s | 148 | #4,044 (2002) | #5,648 |
| 2010s | 55 | #8,079 (2011) | #10,151 |
| 2020s | 40 | #7,257 (2024) | #9,279 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Zan in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 213,860 of them was named Zan, which outranked 35.8% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,612Wannetta9
- #3,612Wendee9
- #3,612Zoraida9
- #3,892Zan8
- #3,892Abbey8
- #3,892Adel8
- #3,892Adrianna8
- #4,235Aaron7
- #4,235Adelene7
- #4,235Adelfa7
Tied with 342 names at #3,892; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 295,657 of them was named Zan, which outranked 21.6% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,019Woodward7
- #3,019Wynne7
- #3,019Zackary7
- #3,298Zan6
- #3,298Abron6
- #3,298Acey6
- #3,298Adolpho6
- #3,690Abundio5
- #3,690Alberta5
- #3,690Aldine5
Tied with 391 names at #3,298; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.