Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Zan*

#5,598 most common boys' name of all time · #13,956 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1916–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#5,598
Rank overall
#13,956 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
773
Since 2016
56
Peak year
1955 #2,894
Best rank
#2,551 1950
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
192019401960198020002020

Zan first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 8 #9,001
2024 11 11 #7,312
2023 5 5 #12,421
2022 7 7 #9,930
2021 9 9 #8,245
2019 5 5 #12,307
2018 5 5 #12,313
2017 6 6 #10,940
2015 5 5 #12,249
2013 9 9 #8,201
2012 7 7 #9,819
2011 9 9 #8,158
2010 9 9 #8,224
2009 15 15 #5,843
2008 12 12 #6,831
2007 14 14 #5,949
2006 20 20 #4,541
2005 7 7 #9,222
2004 16 16 #5,058
2003 19 19 #4,300
2002 20 20 #4,074
2001 11 11 #6,077
2000 14 14 #5,081
1999 8 8 #7,248
1998 11 11 #5,525
1997 10 10 #5,723
1996 9 9 #6,078
1995 9 9 #5,999
1994 9 9 #5,961
1993 10 10 #5,434
1992 14 14 #4,169
1991 8 8 #6,046
1990 5 5 #8,358
1989 13 13 #4,082
1988 8 8 #5,329
1987 9 9 #4,683
1986 5 5 #6,958
1985 11 11 #3,883
1981 6 6 #5,659
1979 5 5 #6,304
1978 5 5 #5,995
1977 5 5 #6,090
1973 5 5 #5,330
1971 6 6 #4,574
1970 7 7 #3,987
1969 8 7 15 #3,745
1968 6 11 17 #2,666
1967 7 8 15 #3,113
1966 5 6 11 #3,734
1965 7 9 16 #2,895
1964 5 10 15 #2,774
1962 11 11 #2,610
1961 8 8 #3,243
1960 6 10 16 #2,795
1959 11 11 #2,618
1958 11 8 19 #3,179
1957 5 10 15 #2,752
1956 10 8 18 #3,127
1955 11 9 20 #2,894
1954 8 10 18 #2,696
1953 6 6 #3,647
1951 5 7 12 #3,267
1950 10 10 #2,551
1949 8 6 14 #3,557
1947 7 5 12 #4,073
1946 9 9 #2,673
1945 7 7 #2,943
1944 6 6 #3,347
1942 5 5
1939 6 6 #3,390
1937 7 7 #3,114
1935 6 6 #3,548
1934 5 5 #4,014
1933 5 5 #3,987
1928 6 6 #4,006
1926 5 5 #4,567
1916 6 6 #3,896