Zane

Zane was the #324 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,051 babies), and #357 in England & Wales and #322 in Canada.

Zane as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Zane as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & WalesIrelandScotland
Zane as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#324 (1,051)#357 (118)#762 (3)—#676 (4)#322 (103)—
2024#305 (1,112)#382 (109)#382 (9)—#655 (4)#287 (115)—
2023#276 (1,226)#472 (85)#533 (5)#348 (4)#396 (9)#304 (103)—
2022#258 (1,345)#420 (100)#522 (5)#414 (3)#407 (9)#250 (133)—
2021#238 (1,488)#401 (107)#533 (5)—#414 (8)#251 (137)—
2020#258 (1,362)#436 (92)#711 (3)—#637 (4)#293 (111)—
2019#237 (1,600)#388 (111)——#506 (6)#267 (129)—
2018#199 (2,033)#440 (94)——#635 (4)#253 (138)—
2017#202 (1,962)#443 (95)#442 (7)—#394 (9)#223 (164)—
2016#211 (1,875)#435 (96)#592 (4)—#601 (4)#270 (132)—
2015#232 (1,670)#423 (97)——#615 (4)#299 (111)—
2014#224 (1,699)#341 (132)#358 (10)#398 (3)#550 (5)#290 (118)—
2013#215 (1,747)#355 (115)#434 (7)#398 (3)—#336 (87)—
2012#224 (1,595)#297 (154)#301 (12)—#718 (3)#320 (97)—
2011#220 (1,609)#233 (208)#304 (12)—#490 (6)#357 (83)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #199.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Zane is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 1,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zane by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #317WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #382WAIdaho: #230IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #338MNIllinois: #345ILMichigan: #345MINew York: #333NYMassachusetts: #378MAOregon: #604ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #350INOhio: #283OHPennsylvania: #235PANew Jersey: #429NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #319CAUtah: #409UTColorado: #318CONebraska: #266NEMissouri: #272MOKentucky: #269KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #316VAMaryland: #300MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #283AZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: #277KSArkansas: #284ARTennessee: #299TNNorth Carolina: #326NCSouth Carolina: #348SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #328OKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #289ALGeorgia: #337GAHawaii: #104HITexas: #312TXFlorida: #277FL
Zane (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#28348
Quebec2025#6236

Zane (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZaneCanadaGirls#3,0446
ZaneCanadaBoys#322103
ZaneEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
ZaneEngland & WalesBoys#357118
ZaneIrelandBoys#6764
ZaneNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ZaneNSWBoys—too few
ZaneScotlandBoys#7623
ZaneUSGirls—too few
ZaneUSBoys#3241,051