Zane
Zane is ranked 306th among boys in 2024 (1,105 births). Its best rank was 199th, in 2018.
- Rank in 2024
- #306down 29 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,1050.06% of boys
- Peak year
- 20182,031 births
- Best rank
- #199in 2018
- Since 1914
- 55,591people given the name
The story in the numbers
55,591 boys have been named Zane in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 2,031 births — 0.11% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 224 → 306).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 31%. It has spent 104 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Zane | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 75 | |
| 1920s | 734 | |
| 1930s | 702 | |
| 1940s | 627 | |
| 1950s | 1,124 | |
| 1960s | 1,230 | |
| 1970s | 1,431 | |
| 1980s | 2,911 | |
| 1990s | 8,148 | |
| 2000s | 14,844 | |
| 2010s | 17,245 | |
| 2020s | 6,520 |
In 2018, its biggest year
Zane was the 199th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.
Names that rose and fell with Zane
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Abdallahpeak 2018
- Maximilianpeak 2016
- Ahmedpeak 2015
- Mohamedpeak 2014
- Immanuelpeak 2015
- Maximepeak 2001
- Blaisepeak 2015
- Kameronpeak 2015
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.