Zan

Where Zan comes from

Clippings.
— Wiktionary's entry for Zan
Along the way
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,516 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1950
    Peak, #2,438
    10 babies named Zan — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1952
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1970
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given names Susan, Susanne, Suzanne, and Susanna.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.