Boys' name · since 2005
Zethan
Zethan has 74 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,504 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 74
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zethan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 74 recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Zethan recorded 74 times among boys since 2005, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2017.
- #19,504 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 74 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zethan ranks #19,504 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 74 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,504 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 74
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zethan's 74 recorded births place it above 57.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zethan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zethan's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zethan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2017
- Peak year (2015)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Zethan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (56 births, 76% of the file).
2010s was Zethan's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Zethan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 56 births (76% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zethan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.