Boys' name · since 2002
Zolan
130 babies named Zolan in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,728 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,732 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 130
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
130 babies have been named Zolan since 2002, making it today's #3732 boys' name.
Zolan has 130 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3732 as of the latest data, more common than 73% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #15,728 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,732 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 130 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zolan ranks #15,728 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,732 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 130 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,728 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,732 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 130
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zolan's 130 recorded births place it above 65.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zolan compares
130 30th 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
Zolan's all-time total is 65% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zolan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 130 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zolan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zolan's full recorded timeline at 2020, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zolan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Zolan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (82 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Zolan's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Zolan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
- 2020s
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 82 births (63% 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, 2002–2025 (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 Zolan 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.