Zana
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- ZAH-nuh
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Zana is a name. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
What does Zana mean?
Several sources, including Albanian folklore and short forms of names like Suzana
In Albanian folklore the zana are fairy spirits of the mountains.
Is Zana a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Zana has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 27 girls in the US.
How popular is Zana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Zana, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2024, 64% of the babies named Zana in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Zana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Zana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,877th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Zana, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 252 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Zana in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 45 | #2,730 |
| 1996 | 51 | #2,472 |
| 1995 | 76 | #1,845 |
| 1994 | 252 | #801 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,599 |
| 1963 | 18 | #2,959 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,485 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,471 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,948 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,326 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,115 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,447 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,317 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,338 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,510 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,557 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,101 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,950 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,193 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,255 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,075 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,169 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,867 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,754 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,657 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,352 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,085 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 9 | #894 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #930 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
Names like Zana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emma, Ada, Ava, Alba, Ella, Nina, Bella, Eliza, Anna, Eva, Nora, Rosa
Names related to Zana
Zayn, Zain, Zane, Zayna, Zaynah, Zaina, Ziyana, Ziana, Zaniya, Zaniah, Zyana, Zyanna, Zianna
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zana, updated 20 October 2026.