How popular is the name Zane?

Zane ranks 412th among boys' names in US records, with 65,867 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 20,318.

Is Zane a unisex name?

No. Zane is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2018, when 2,497 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Zain. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#412 of boy names

Pronounced Z EY1 N (ARPABET)

Zane is a boys' name, and first appears in 1914. It has been given to 65,867 children — the 412th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2018, when 2,497 children were given it.

Zain is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2018Boys: 2,497Girls: 28

These spellings sound identical to Zane and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Zane?: Zane ranks 412th among boys' names in US records, with 65,867 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 20,318.
Is Zane a unisex name?: No. Zane is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Zane most popular?: 2018, when 2,497 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Zane spelled?: Zain. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.