Zihan — boys' name
57 babies named Zihan in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
79% of everyone ever named Zihan was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Zihan in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zihan
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Zihan between 2010 and 2023, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zihan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Zihan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 42 additional births since 2013.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zihan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zihan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zihan 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 57 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.
Zihan at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zihan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2010
- Peak year (2016)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
57 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 9 births in a single year.
Zihan popularity over time — girls
42 total births recorded since 2013 (Zihan as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Zihan accounts for 42% of total recorded use across both genders.
Zihan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 45 births that decade — 79% of Zihan's all-time total
Zihan decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zihan's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 79% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2010–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.