Ziyan — #8673 US boys' name
247 babies named Ziyan in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 39% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Ziyan was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Ziyan in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ziyan
The Social Security Administration has registered 247 babies named Ziyan between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ziyan currently holds the #8673 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Ziyan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 171 additional births since 2007.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ziyan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ziyan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ziyan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ziyan 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 247 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.
Ziyan at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Ziyan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2016)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #8673 among boys.
247 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 18 births in a single year.
Ziyan popularity over time — girls
171 total births recorded since 2007 (Ziyan as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Ziyan accounts for 41% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ziyan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 126 births that decade — 51% of Ziyan's all-time total
Ziyan decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ziyan's strongest decade
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Ziyan by state
Where Ziyan concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 247 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2001–2024 (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.