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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |