Zoran
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZOR-an
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Zoran is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “dawn”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Zoran mean?
Slavic: South Slavic, from zora 'dawn'
“dawn”
Is Zoran a girl's or a boy's name?
Zoran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zoran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Zoran, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Zoran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Zoran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Zoran, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the boys named Zoran in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zoran in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
Names like Zoran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Zayan Zayaan Ahmed Ibrahim Zayd Hamza Hassan Abdullah Rayyan Umar
Names related to Zoran
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri
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, “Zoran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zoran, updated 20 October 2026.