Zoltan
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hungarian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Zoltan is a boys' name of Hungarian origin, meaning “sultan”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Zoltan mean?
Hungarian
“sultan”
A male given name from Hungarian Zoltán.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zoltan a girl's or a boy's name?
Zoltan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zoltan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Zoltan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zoltan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Zoltan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Zoltan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Zoltan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1967, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had fewer boys named Zoltan than any year since 1994.
Half of all the boys named Zoltan in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zoltan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1960 | 24 | #1,657 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
Names like Zoltan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Zoltan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zoltan, updated 20 October 2026.