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Zoltan

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Zoltan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
110.00% of boys
Peak year
196725 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1912
1,018people given the name
Babies named Zoltan, by year of birthboys
0613192518801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,018 boys have been named Zoltan in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1967, with 25 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1972, and the 1960s alone account for 19%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Zoltan
1910s76
1920s106
1930s40
1940s14
1950s45
1960s189
1970s112
1980s58
1990s81
2000s108
2010s135
2020s54

In 1967, its biggest year

Zoltan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1967 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1967.

Names that rose and fell with Zoltan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.