Zhane
#9,450 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Zhane has been given to 2,362 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #9,450 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 391 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% girls, 17% boys all-time.
Babies named Zhane, 2025
1 in 301,000
Zhane over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Zhane over time
In 2025, Zhane went to 46% girls and 54% boys.
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.
How common is Zhane?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 301,000
- 11 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 146,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #9,450
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 208,901 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Zhane sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zhane. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Zhanes were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Zhane was born before 1997 — so the typical Zhane is around 28 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 64.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 30.7%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,954
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 64.6% of all recorded uses (1,262).
Is Zhane 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
- +4,006
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +785
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +687
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.00×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 2.8%
- Peak was 1994 (391)
- Years since peak
- 31
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 34.7% average annual change
Spellings of Zhane
Zhane is not the most common spelling — Diane is, with 49.1% against Zhane's 0.18%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Zhane is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Zhane was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 98,164 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1New Jersey1 in 33,333
- 2Florida1 in 50,000
- 3Georgia1 in 50,000
- 4New York1 in 50,000
- 5Virginia1 in 50,000
- 6California1 in 100,000
- 7Connecticut1 in 100,000
- 8District of Columbia1 in 100,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Zhane has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Zhane is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Zhane was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,211,363 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Florida1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Zhane has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Zhane around the world
Where Zhane 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 & Wales1996–2023#4,057in 2023
- South Australia2001–2009#818in 2009
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Zhane by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Zhane
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Zhane
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.