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Zane
Pronounced /zeɪn/
Rank in 2024
#305
Born in 2024
1,105
Peak year
2018 · #199
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,105 boys were named Zane, about 1 in every 1,552.
- It peaked in 2018 with 2,031 babies, ranked #199.
- It first shows up in the records in 1914.
- 55,591 boys have been named Zane since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Zane per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.7Gen Z1997–12
- 0.9Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 671 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 1,181 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,097 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,167 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,511 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen Z: 22,866 babies, 0.73 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 19,098 babies, 0.88 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
The usage seems to date from the American writer Zane Grey (1875-1939), born Pearl Zane Gray. It was the surname of his mother's family, of unknown meaning. Sometimes explained as a form of John because of the resemblance to Shane, or because Italian surnames such as Zanelli and Zanetto derive from the equivalent name Giovanni. In some cases, a respelling of Zayn, which is of Arabic origin.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /zeɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Zane, CC BY-SA 4.0.