Zidan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zee-DAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #718 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Zidan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “growth, increase”. In 2025 it ranked 718th for boys in the UK (54 babies) and 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Zidan mean?
Arabic: colloquial form of Zaydan
“growth, increase”
A North African and colloquial form of the Arabic Zaydan, related to Zayd.
Is Zidan a girl's or a boy's name?
Zidan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 boys in the UK and 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zidan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #718among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 5,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 54 boys in the UK were named Zidan, making it the 718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 642nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 80 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zidan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 76 boys in the UK were given Zidan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #524, up from #718 for this spelling alone.
- Zidan 54
- Zidaan 22
Among boys in 2025, it was 668th in England and Wales.
Zidan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #718 |
| 2024 | 61 | #672 |
| 2023 | 58 | #673 |
| 2022 | 57 | #681 |
| 2021 | 50 | #761 |
| 2020 | 61 | #642 |
| 2019 | 61 | #650 |
| 2018 | 69 | #594 |
| 2017 | 80 | #544 |
| 2016 | 67 | #606 |
| 2015 | 43 | #812 |
| 2014 | 33 | #969 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,445 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Zidan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Zidan, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Zidan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zidan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
Names like Zidan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan Zayan Zayyan Zayd Muhammad Musa Azaan Yazan Rayyan Abdulrahman Hamza Ziyad
Other spellings of Zidan
Names related to Zidan
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Zidan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zidan, updated 20 October 2026.