Boys' name · since 1998
Zidane
Zidane has 700 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,443 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,561 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 700
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
700 babies have been named Zidane since 1998, making it today's #2561 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zidane has been recorded 700 times among boys since 1998, currently ranked #2561 nationally and more common than 82% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #6,443 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,561 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 700 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zidane ranks #6,443 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,561 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 700 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,443 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,561 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 700
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zidane's 700 recorded births place it above 85.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Zidane compares
700 Top 38% higher than 62% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zidane's all-time total is 90% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zidane | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 700 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 52 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zidane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zidane splits its recorded history at 2013: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 52 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zidane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 52
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Zidane by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (313 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Zidane's strongest decade.
313 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Zidane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
153 births
- 2010s
2010s
313 births
- 2020s
2020s
220 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 313 births (45% of all-time use).
How Zidane compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Zidane's total volume
Zidane by state
Where Zidane concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 95 | 13.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 73 | 10.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 25 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 6 | 0.9% |
95 of 700 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Zidane's data
- Zidane's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (313 total births) through the 2020s (220) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Zidanes (95 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zidane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
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, 1998–2025 (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 Zidane 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.