Zan — #7271 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zan

The Social Security Administration has registered 651 babies named Zan between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zan currently holds the #7271 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Zan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 114 additional births since 1942.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Zan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 651 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.