Zane

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #8,055 · #324 for boys in 2025, 1,051 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
#199
2018 · 2,033 births
Debut · boys
1914
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
56,664
since 1914

Zane over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Zane has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #199, 2018boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3241,051
2024—#3051,112
2023#8,05513#2761,226
2022#8,03213#2581,345
2021#10,2929#2381,488
2020#12,1427#2581,362
2019#11,3568#2371,600
2018#11,4278#1992,033
2017#7,44215#2021,962
2016#10,8599#2111,875
2015#8,93112#2321,670
2014#13,0697#2241,699
2013#11,9698#2151,747
2012#14,9626#2241,595
2011#12,1538#2201,609
2010#10,45110#2391,463
2009#10,67910#2351,523
2008#11,5999#2351,574
2007#10,12911#2321,599
2006#12,4208#2411,412
2005#9,45211#2371,435
2004#7,82814#2311,455
2003#11,3258#2201,590
2002#8,83711#2221,558
2001#7,31714#2511,331
2000#9,8749#2461,368
1999#5,89617#2531,241
1998#7,53212#2661,075
1997#5,62617#2711,040
1996#5,77116#291919
1995#6,64113#330774
1994#4,68721#325778
1993#13,4425#347691
1992#8,7349#372622
1991—#443499
1990#10,1937#434510
1989—#459421
1988—#472377
1987#9,8256#493325
1986#10,9125#450374
1985#10,6775#474332
1984—#556240
1983—#591208
1982—#562233
1981—#594208
1980—#628193
1979—#633184
1978—#645169
1977—#739134
1976—#715137
1975—#741126
1974—#708135
1973#7,4356#707129
1972—#676141
1971—#723130
1970—#688145
1969—#727115
1968—#680122
1967—#711109
1966—#75595
1965#4,8318#734102
1964—#715116
1963—#654143
1962#5,2937#632148
1961—#625161
1960—#715119
1959—#623153
1958#6,1035#636146
1957#5,3776#595167
1956#4,8377#675125
1955—#700109
1954#5,7535#709105
1953#5,6735#707101
1952#4,9086#80875
1951—#82074
1950#4,3157#81969
1949—#81770
1948—#69792
1947—#84267
1946#4,4176#86957
1945#4,5565#89950
1944#4,5745#93547
1943—#82863
1942#4,1246#83461
1941—#87652
1940#3,2088#74168
1939—#77661
1938—#77962
1937—#88049
1936#4,1815#75664
1935#2,9269#66380
1934#3,1598#69776
1933#3,4067#63782
1932#4,4115#67781
1931—#71772
1930#4,0476#73075
1929#2,92110#85959
1928—#71379
1927—#75475
1926#3,5648#597111
1925#4,9735#75975
1924#3,3939#70487
1923#3,6418#73778
1922#4,4456#76674
1921—#93157
1920#3,3409#1,13939
1919#4,2516#1,35128
1918—#2,26013
1917—#3,2177
1916—#2,7309
1915—#2,18412
1914—#2,9156
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Zane! It came in at #2,915, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

See more about Zane
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 19 spots since 2024 (#305 → #324)
  • 66 spots since 2020 (#258 → #324)
  • 92 spots since 2015 (#232 → #324)
  • Biggest jump: 208 spots in 1921 (#1,139 → #931)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1927 (#597 → #754)
Rise & fade · boys
104 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 2018 at #199 (2,033 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 105 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 105 yrs · run 1921–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 893
  • Highest: 1 in 893 boys born in 2018 were named Zane (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,625 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 30.4% of all boys named Zane (17,253) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s75#1,351 (1919)#2,443
1920s734#597 (1926)#796
1930s702#637 (1933)#731
1940s627#697 (1948)#834
1950s1,124#595 (1957)#709
1960s1,230#625 (1961)#695
1970s1,430#633 (1979)#698
1980s2,911#450 (1986)#528
1990s8,149#253 (1999)#333
2000s14,845#220 (2003)#235
2010s17,253#199 (2018)#220
2020s7,584#238 (2021)#277

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.

Zane in 1920

girls
#3,340
9 births · 1 in 133,143 girls
boys
#1,139
39 births · 1 in 27,291 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #3,340Zane9

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #1,139Zane39
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 133,143 of them was named Zane, which outranked 42.1% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zane
  1. #3,097Wretha10
  2. #3,097Yuri10
  3. #3,097Zelia10
  4. #3,340Zane9
  5. #3,340Adine9
  6. #3,340Adria9
  7. #3,340Adrianna9
  8. #3,598Abelina8
  9. #3,598Adelfa8
  10. #3,598Adra8

Tied with 257 names at #3,340; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 550Denise#1,481 → #931
  2. ↑ 321Blossom#1,242 → #921
  3. ↑ 311Lilia#1,242 → #931
  4. ↑ 302Ena#1,270 → #968
  5. ↑ 277Lorayne#1,216 → #939
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Haruko#917 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 511Roselle#1,000 → #1,511
  3. ↓ 345Toshiko#967 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 304Carroll#902 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 297Santina#835 → #1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 27,291 of them was named Zane, which outranked 77.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zane
  1. #1,119Talmage40
  2. #1,119Toshio40
  3. #1,119Winifred40
  4. #1,139Zane39
  5. #1,139Alma39
  6. #1,139Arlin39
  7. #1,139Chandler39
  8. #1,157Andre38
  9. #1,157Annie38
  10. #1,157Arland38

Tied with 17 names at #1,139; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920 →