Boys' name · since 2009
Zlatan
Zlatan has 240 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,923 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,100 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 240
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
240 babies have been named Zlatan since 2009, making it today's #8100 boys' name.
Zlatan has 240 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8100 as of the latest data, more common than 42% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #11,923 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,100 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 240 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zlatan ranks #11,923 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,100 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 240 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,923 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,100 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 240
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zlatan's 240 recorded births place it above 73.78% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Zlatan compares
240 41st percentile among 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
Zlatan's all-time total is 35% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zlatan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 240 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zlatan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zlatan splits its recorded history at 2017: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zlatan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Zlatan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (159 births, 66% of the file).
2010s was Zlatan's strongest decade.
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Zlatan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
159 births
- 2020s
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 159 births (66% of all-time use).
Zlatan by state
Where Zlatan concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 17 | 7.1% |
| #2 | California | | 12 | 5.0% |
17 of 240 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Zlatan's data
- Zlatan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (159 total births) through the 2020s (76) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Zlatans (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zlatan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Zlatan 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.