Izan

What Izan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Izan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2004, with 7 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Izan?

US: Rising: up from #1677 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3908 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 372 boys got the name (#712 that year). First in the US records in 2004.

How common

• About 1 in 6,350 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 45,323 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (0.62 per 1,000 boys), OK (0.45 per 1,000 boys), CO (0.41 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Izan is #883 in the US and #3256 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Izan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Aizen199 US · 11 E&W
• Azaan67 US · 99 E&W
• Izaan36 US · 43 E&W
• Ihsan43 US · 17 E&W
• Azan35 US · 23 E&W
• Ozan17 US · 15 E&W
• Eizen23 US
• Ezan13 US · 8 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Izan

Boys

• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Barrett#171Editor’s note 2,138 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025
• Levi#12Editor’s note Up from #42 in 2015 to #12 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 180 US boys in the 2025 records
• Graham#120“gravel + homestead”^*

For a sister

• Sloane#141Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #327 in 2015, #141 in 2025
• June#150From the word “name”^*
• Vera#205“faith”^*
• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Charlie#133Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #133 vs #747 in 2025
• Elsie#123Diminutive of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Izan’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.