Zian

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539 · #2,304 for boys in 2025, 60 births
Given to boys 85.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,060
2022 · 73 births
Debut · boys
1997
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
898
since 1997

Zian over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202012peak #6,812, 2007girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,30460
2024—#2,34560
2023—#2,09770
2022—#2,06073
2021—#2,65248
2020—#2,11366
2019#15,5395#2,94341
2018—#2,89341
2017—#3,19336
2016#14,3316#3,16136
2015#13,0067#3,29934
2014—#3,53230
2013#13,1507#3,12235
2012#14,9626#3,45031
2011#9,72311#3,69528
2010#9,23112#4,51721
2009#9,97511#4,27823
2008#10,08411#5,48716
2007#6,81219#4,64020
2006#13,6067#5,07217
2005#14,5026#7,09610
2004#16,0995#6,52011
2003#13,8446#7,8318
2002#13,5956#5,13114
2001#12,0567#4,47617
2000#9,16310#4,38917
1999#8,80510#3,59121
1998—#6,3149
1997—#9,2655
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First appearance
1997

The first year at least five boys were named Zian! It came in at #9,265, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1997, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Zian is popular in 2012

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedHITexas: #2,012 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,607 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Zian, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#2,012 · 1 in 29,607

Best ever in a state: #741 in New Jersey, 2022.

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See more about Zian
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 41 spots since 2024 (#2,345 → #2,304)
  • 191 spots since 2020 (#2,113 → #2,304)
  • 995 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #2,304)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1997
  • Peaked 2022 at #2,060 (73 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 23,918
  • Highest: 1 in 23,918 boys born in 2022 were named Zian (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,468 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 42.0% of all boys named Zian (377) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s35#3,591 (1999)#6,390
2000s153#4,278 (2009)#5,492
2010s333#2,893 (2018)#3,381
2020s377#2,060 (2022)#2,262

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Zian in 2012

girls
#14,962
6 births · 1 in 293,509 girls
boys
#3,450
31 births · 1 in 61,192 boys

Top girls' names in 2012

  1. #1Sophia22,336
  2. #2Emma20,976
  3. #3Isabella19,138
  4. #4Olivia17,333
  5. #5Ava15,549
  6. #6Emily13,666
  7. #7Abigail12,730
  8. #8Mia12,039
  9. #9Madison11,417
  10. #10Elizabeth9,730
  11. #14,962Zian6

Top boys' names in 2012

  1. #1Jacob19,110
  2. #2Mason18,994
  3. #3Ethan17,697
  4. #4Noah17,385
  5. #5William16,917
  6. #6Liam16,824
  7. #7Michael16,211
  8. #8Jayden16,152
  9. #9Alexander15,259
  10. #10Aiden14,924
  11. #3,450Zian31
More about 2012

girls

1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 293,509 of them was named Zian, which outranked 23.4% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zian
  1. #13,483Zurisaday7
  2. #13,483Zyara7
  3. #13,483Zyrielle7
  4. #14,962Zian6
  5. #14,962Aadhira6
  6. #14,962Aahna6
  7. #14,962Aalyssa6
  8. #16,869Aabha5
  9. #16,869Aadi5
  10. #16,869Aadison5

Tied with 1,906 names at #14,962; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,327Cataleya#4,807 → #480
  2. ↑ 1,931Adley#2,664 → #733
  3. ↑ 917Litzy#1,515 → #598
  4. ↑ 784Kenia#1,427 → #643
  5. ↑ 580Monroe#1,531 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Jaden#979 → #1,408
  2. ↓ 365Payten#994 → #1,359
  3. ↓ 326Yamilet#925 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 316Shaniya#915 → #1,231
  5. ↓ 264Shania#898 → #1,162

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 61,192 of them was named Zian, which outranked 75.8% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zian
  1. #3,371Uzair32
  2. #3,371Weslee32
  3. #3,371Xadrian32
  4. #3,450Zian31
  5. #3,450Abdoulaye31
  6. #3,450Agastya31
  7. #3,450Ahron31
  8. #3,530Adien30
  9. #3,530Alias30
  10. #3,530Amiel30

Tied with 79 names at #3,450; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,237Jionni#2,105 → #868
  2. ↑ 551Foster#1,544 → #993
  3. ↑ 504Major#990 → #486
  4. ↑ 433Kase#1,395 → #962
  5. ↑ 428Jael#1,411 → #983
Fallers
  1. ↓ 241Jerimiah#889 → #1,130
  2. ↓ 235Lathan#932 → #1,167
  3. ↓ 229Jorden#676 → #905
  4. ↓ 209Kyron#886 → #1,095
  5. ↓ 207Jakobe#928 → #1,135

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2012 →