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Zihan

#8,900 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Child or catalpa tree

Zihan has been given to 108 babies in the U.S. since 2010. In 2025 it ranked #8,900 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% boys, 39% girls all-time.

Babies named Zihan, 2025

1 in 368,000

Zihan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

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

20102025

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.

Zihan: meaning, origin, and history

Child or catalpa tree

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zihan means

Zihan means “child or catalpa tree”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 66 boys were recorded with the name Zihan between 2010 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2016; its best national rank was #8,802 in 2016.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #14,039 in 2015 to #8,900 in 2025.

In the United States, 42 girls were recorded with the name Zihan between 2013 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2015; its best national rank was #12,124 in 2020.

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.

How common is Zihan?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,900
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Zihan 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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zihan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zihans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zihan was born before 2017 — so the typical Zihan is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
68.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
66
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Choose a decade

2010s — 68.2% of all recorded uses (45).

Is Zihan 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
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
+5,139
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.80×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2016 (9)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#8,802
2016

Spellings of Zihan

Zihan is not the most common spelling — Ethan is, with 39.7% against Zihan's <0.01%.

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.

Zihan around the world

Where Zihan 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
    2011–2024
    #4,271
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    2007–2007
    #629
    in 2007
  • France
    2013–2021
    #6,548
    in 2021
  • Canada
    2016–2016
    #2,748
    in 2016

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Zihan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,900
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#8,802
2016
Peak year
2016
9 that year
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
66
Count in 2025
9

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#12,124
2020
Peak year
2015
8 that year
First recorded
2013
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
42
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Zihan

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

ZihaoZahanLohanIzhanMihanMahanElhanKahanAyhanNohanJihanSuhanSahanJehanAlihanIlhanLihanGuhanAethanRidhanKohanSobhanAshanAythan

Sibling names for Zihan

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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