Zane

What Zane means

Variant of Zayn, meaning “beauty”

respelling of Zayn || From Arabic زَيْن (zayn, “beauty”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Zane” (revision 87708371) and “Zayn” (revision 92401446), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Zane?

US: Falling: down from #232 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #423 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 2,033 boys got the name (#199 that year). First in the US records in 1914.

How common

• About 1 in 1,625 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,305 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland 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 HI (3.08 per 1,000 boys), AK (2.2 per 1,000 boys), WV (1.3 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Zane is #324 in the US and #357 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 Zane were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zayn1,381 US · 376 E&W
• Zain522 US · 240 E&W
• Zayne644 US · 57 E&W
• Zen185 US · 25 E&W
• Zaine51 US · 8 E&W
• Xane27 US · 3 E&W
• Xayne15 US
• San5 US · 6 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 Zane

Boys

• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Carson#124“rock”^*
• Parker#102From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Avery#291Editor’s note Down from #188 in 2015 to #291 in 2025 in the US
• Mason#39From a surname for “a stonemason”^*

For a sister

• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*
• Raegan#505Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 9 babies
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Rylie#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Skylar#167Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #42 in 2015, #167 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Zane’s. Rank is US 2025.