Zane Boy
How popular is Zane?
#324 boy name in 2025
1,051 baby boys were named Zane in the US in 2025, making it the 324th most popular boy name.
Zane popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #324 for boys (▼ 19 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,051 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-37% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #232 in 2015, #258 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (2,033 boys) |
| Highest rank | #199 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zane counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zane family of names ranked #107 for boys in 2025 (#100 the year before), with 3,663 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zane | 1,051 | 29% |
| Zayn | 1,381 | 38% |
| Zayne | 644 | 18% |
| Zain | 522 | 14% |
| Zaine | 51 | 1% |
| Zan | 8 | 0% |
| Zaynn | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Zane is most popular
Babies named Zane per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 3.0 per 1,000 (47 boys)
- West Virginia: 1.7 per 1,000 (56 boys)
- North Dakota: 1.2 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- New Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- Idaho: 1.2 per 1,000 (48 boys)
Zane by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 75 | #1,351 |
| 1920s | 734 | #597 |
| 1930s | 702 | #637 |
| 1940s | 627 | #696 |
| 1950s | 1,124 | #594 |
| 1960s | 1,230 | #624 |
| 1970s | 1,430 | #633 |
| 1980s | 2,911 | #450 |
| 1990s | 8,149 | #253 |
| 2000s | 14,845 | #220 |
| 2010s | 17,253 | #199 |
| 2020s | 7,584 | #238 |
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Questions
- Is Zane a boy or girl name?
- Zane is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Zane were boys.
- How popular is the name Zane?
- 1,051 baby boys were named Zane in the US in 2025, making it the 324th most popular boy name.
- When was Zane most popular?
- Zane peaked in 2018, when 2,033 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #199 in 2018.
- How many people are named Zane?
- 57,228 babies have been named Zane in the US since 1880. We estimate about 53,972 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Zane most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zane was most common in Hawaii, at 3.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.