Zlatan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZLAH-tahn
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Zlatan is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “golden”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Zlatan mean?
Slavic: South Slavic, from zlato 'gold'
“golden”
A South Slavic name built on zlato 'gold'; the footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović made it known worldwide.
Is Zlatan a girl's or a boy's name?
Zlatan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zlatan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Zlatan, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Zlatan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zlatan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
Names like Zlatan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaizen Zayan Izan Zayden Zohan Zayn Chozen Zakai Zyaire Kairo Raylan Zymir
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri
Sources
Figures from 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, “Zlatan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zlatan, updated 20 October 2026.