Zidane

What Zidane means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1998, with 9 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Zidane?

US: Rising: up from #3149 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1095 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 52 boys got the name (#2539 that year). First in the US records in 1998.

How common

• About 1 in 32,848 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,022 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 CA (0.06 per 1,000 boys), NY (0.06 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Zidane is #2539 in the US and #436 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 Zidane were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zidan31 US · 54 E&W
• Zidaan8 US · 22 E&W
• Zaidan10 US · 7 E&W
• Zydan5 US
• Zeidan5 US
• Zedan0 US · 3 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 Zidane

Boys

• Cohen#225Editor’s note Up from #336 in 2015 to #225 in 2025 in the US
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Malakai#213Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #491 in 2015, #213 in 2025
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Micah#90“who is like Yahweh”^*

For a sister

• Emersyn#138Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #138 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Gia#287Editor’s note Up from #372 in 2015 to #287 in 2025 in the US
• Lila#186“lilac”^*
• Ruby#64Editor’s note Up from #83 in 2015 to #64 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 450 US girls in the 2025 records
• Sofia#9“wisdom, especially divine wisdom”^*
• Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025

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 Zidane’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.