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Zane

Gender
Boy
Say it
ZAYN
UK rank, 2025
#386 for boys
US rank, 2025
#324 for boys

Zane is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 386th for boys in the UK (121 babies) and 324th for boys in the US (1,051 babies).

What does Zane mean?

Popularised by the American western writer Zane Grey (1872-1939), who took it from his mother's family surname.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Zane a girl's or a boy's name?

Zane is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 121 boys in the UK and 1,051 boys in the US.

How popular is Zane in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#386among boys
Babies in 2025
121about 1 in 2,500 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 121 boys in the UK were named Zane, making it the 386th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 461st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 220 boys. 6 girls were also named Zane in 2025 (3,776th for girls).

2025 had more boys named Zane than any year since 2014.

Half of all the boys named Zane in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 862 boys in the UK were given Zane or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #71, up from #386 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 357th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 220 in 20112025
Zane in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025121#386
2024118#398
202394#462
2022108#428
2021112#426
202095#461
2019113#426
201895#477
2017102#460
2016100#461
201599#459
2014145#346
2013125#371
2012166#311
2011220#245
2010179#293
2009173#288
2008188#261
2007147#298
2006132#299
200588#386
200468#448
200345#571
200255#450
200150#465
200048#480
199939#557
199822#790
199728#652
199624#697

How popular is Zane in the US?

Rank in 2025
#324among boys
Babies in 2025
1,051about 1 in 1,600 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 32% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,051 boys in the US were named Zane, making it the 324th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 258th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 2,033 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Zane than any year since 1997.

Half of all the boys named Zane in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,740 boys in the US were given Zane or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #102, up from #324 for this spelling alone.

1914Busiest: 2,033 in 20182025
Zane in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,051#324
20241,112#305
20231,226#276
20221,345#258
20211,488#238
20201,362#258
20191,600#237
20182,033#199
20171,962#202
20161,875#211
20151,670#232
20141,699#224
20131,747#215
20121,595#224
20111,609#220
20101,463#239
20091,523#235
20081,574#235
20071,599#232
20061,412#241
20051,435#237
20041,455#231
20031,590#220
20021,558#222
20011,331#251
20001,368#246
19991,241#253
19981,075#266
19971,040#271
1996919#291
1995774#330
1994778#325
1993691#347
1992622#372
1991499#443
1990510#433
1989421#459
1988377#472
1987325#493
1986374#450
1985332#474
1984240#556
1983208#591
1982233#562
1981208#594
1980193#628
1979184#633
1978169#645
1977134#739
1976137#715
1975126#741
1974135#708
1973129#707
1972141#676
1971130#723
1970145#688
1969115#727
1968122#680
1967109#711
196695#755
1965102#734
1964116#715
1963143#654
1962148#632
1961161#624
1960119#714
1959153#622
1958146#635
1957167#594
1956125#674
1955109#699
1954105#708
1953101#706
195275#807
195174#819
195069#818
194970#816
194892#696
194767#841
194657#869
194550#899
194447#935
194363#828
194261#834
194152#876
194068#741
193961#776
193862#779
193749#880
193664#756
193580#663
193476#697
193382#637
193281#677
193172#717
193075#730
192959#859
192879#713
192775#754
1926111#597
192575#759
192487#704
192378#737
192274#766
192157#931
192039#1,139
191928#1,351
191813#2,259
19177#3,216
19169#2,729
191512#2,183
19146#2,914

Names like Zane

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jude Blake Cole Tate Jace Zachary Nate Rafe Myles Ali Luke Grayson

Other spellings of Zane

Zayn Zain Zayne Zaine Zeyn Zein Xane Xayne Xaine

Names related to Zane

Zana Zhane Zan Zani

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, “Zane: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zane, updated 20 October 2026.