Zian

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Zian: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Zian: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #657, and it stood at #880 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#657highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2009

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#5545
2009	#3422

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2022: #657 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #731 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #880 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zian appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 289 births with the name.

Zian across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Zian's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2943 (1999)	#731 (2022)	#880 (2024)	19 of 26	289 (1999–2024)	45 (2022)
England and Wales · Girls	#5545 (2008)	#3422 (2009)	#3422 (2009)	2 of 2	9 (2008–2009)	6 (2009)

Zian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Zian in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	16	4 of 10	4
2010s	87	9 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	183	5 of 10	37

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 37 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Zian appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #657 in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Zian's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#880	36	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#843	38	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#731	45	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1150	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1132	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #657, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 45 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 23 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ziad · #1533, 27y
Ziah · #1268, 18y
Ziana · #2942, 14y
Zico · #1552, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Yahia · #657, 22y
Ahaan · #655, 16y
Aminat · #655, 18y
Daina · #655, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Boden · #657, 21y
Chaya · #657, 29y
Havana · #657, 27y
Marlo · #657, 20y

Zian was ranked #657 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Zian and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Zian without appearing here.

Zian moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3079 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1132 and #4749.
Isak Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2052 and #2052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1132 and #4749.
Courtney Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3079 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1132 and #3959.
Matheo Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3079 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2052 and #4812.

Moved the opposite way to Zian

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zian went from #2943 to #880 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zian went from #2943 to #880 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zian went from #2943 to #880 while Alan went from #232 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zian went from #2943 to #880 while Alex went from #45 to #171.

Moved the same way as Zian

Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zian went from #2943 to #880 and Albie from #750 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zian went from #2943 to #880 and Alfie from #64 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zian went from #2943 to #880 and Alfred from #150 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zian went from #2943 to #880 and Archie from #108 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #657 in Republic of Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zian

Zian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zian across 2 official records

Zian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Zian appears in

Popularity data

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Zian across 2 official records

Zian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Zian

Zian and the names beside it

Zian moved ahead of

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