first name
ZANE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 44,095 people named Zane, 76.1% reported their origin as White, 8.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.1% as two or more races. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Zane peaked in 2018, when 2,041 babies got the name.
At least 57,228 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Zane by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #414. The largest share of babies named Zane, 40.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Zane is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zane has been most common in Montana (2.8×), Idaho (2.6×), and Arizona (2.5×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.15×).
52,180 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Zane
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zane, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Zane ranks #11,856 of 156,621, with 2,524 people. See Zane as a last name
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