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How popular is the name Zan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Zans are alive today.
Zan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5120th in 2024 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2001, when 4 babies were given the name, the 2587th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2014, with 4 babies given the name that year.
The Zan you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old - or else around 24: the name has two living generations. Half of all Zans born in England and Wales are between 9 and 28, and there are at least 91 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Zan - on average, only one in every 3,330 such rooms contains a Zan.
How many babies are named Zan each year?
Where does Zan rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Zan most popular?
Zan peaked in 2001, when 4 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Zan?
At least 91 people named Zan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Zan?
Most living Zans are between 9 and 28; the most common age is about 3. There is a second cluster around 24.
Is Zan becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.