Boys' name · since 1999

Zorian

Zorian has 323 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#10,193 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#4,212 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
323
born since 1999
2010s
peak decade

323 babies have been named Zorian since 1999, making it today's #4212 boys' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zorian has been recorded 323 times among boys since 1999, currently ranked #4212 nationally and more common than 70% 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 1999 to 2025.

  • #10,193 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #4,212 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 323 born since 1999
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zorian ranks #10,193 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,212 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 323 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.

#10,193 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#4,212 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
323
born since 1999
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%69.7%
Zorian vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Zorian's 323 recorded births place it above 77.58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Zorian compares

323 47th 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

Zorian's all-time total is 12% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zorian Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 323 369 358,536
Peak-year births 25 34 22,252

Zorian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Zorian's full recorded timeline at 2012, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Zorian popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
25
Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
051015202530 19992003200720112015201920232025 25

Zorian by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (124 births, 38% of the file).

2010s was Zorian's strongest decade.

124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.

Zorian births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 124 births (38% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zorian?
323 babies have been named Zorian since 1999. All-time, it sits at #10,193 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #4,212 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2025 with 25 births.
Where does Zorian sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zorian ranks #10,193 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,212 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zorian most popular?
Zorian was most popular in the 2010s decade with 124 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Zorian been used?
The SSA has tracked Zorian since 1999 -- 27 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Zorian?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zorawar, Zoran, Zorion, Zoravar, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Zorian's data

  • Zorian's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (124 total births) through the 2020s (90) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Zorian

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Zorian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1999–2025 (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 Zorian 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.