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Zan

#9,692 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Help, support

Zan has been given to 773 babies in the U.S. since 1916. In 2025 it ranked #9,692 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2002, with 20 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.

Babies named Zan, 2025

1 in 414,000

Zan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Zan over time

In 2025, Zan went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19162025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Zan: meaning, origin, and history

Help, support

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zan means

Zan means “help, support”.

Origin, language, and formation

Zan is used in English and Albanian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Susan, Susanne, Suzanne and Susanna.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 659 boys were recorded with the name Zan between 1916 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 2002; its best national rank was #2,578 in 1950.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #14,015 in 2015 to #9,692 in 2025.

In the United States, 114 girls were recorded with the name Zan between 1942 and 1969. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1955; its best national rank was #3,776 in 1955.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Zan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,692
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Zan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zan was born before 1991 — so the typical Zan is around 34 today.

Median birth year
1991
About 34 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
22.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
34.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
580
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 22.5% of all recorded uses (148).

Is Zan 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
−1,943
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,323
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.60×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
40.0%
Peak was 2002 (20)
Years since peak
23
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
37.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,578
1950

Zan around the world

Where Zan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • France
    1998–2019
    #6,938
    in 2019
  • Canada
    2005–2005
    #2,048
    in 2005
  • South Australia
    1981–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Zan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,692
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#2,578
1950
Peak year
2002
20 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
659
Count in 2025
8

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,776
1955
Peak year
1955
11 that year
First recorded
1942
Last recorded
1969
All-time count
114
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Zan

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

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Sibling names for Zan

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

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