Zana
Zana is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. Its best rank was 804th, in 1994.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 250.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1994252 births
- Best rank
- #804in 1994
- Since 1882
- 2,261people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,261 girls have been named Zana in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 252 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 25%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Zana | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 20 | |
| 1890s | 30 | |
| 1900s | 25 | |
| 1910s | 94 | |
| 1920s | 145 | |
| 1930s | 122 | |
| 1940s | 138 | |
| 1950s | 187 | |
| 1960s | 142 | |
| 1970s | 97 | |
| 1980s | 112 | |
| 1990s | 556 | |
| 2000s | 272 | |
| 2010s | 218 | |
| 2020s | 103 |
In 1994, its biggest year
Zana was the 804th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1994 were Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah. See all of 1994.
Names that rose and fell with Zana
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Coralpeak 2004
- Clarepeak 1998
- Carolinepeak 2000
- Mercedespeak 1991
- Katherinepeak 1990
- Antoniapeak 1996
- Victoriapeak 1993
- Magdalenapeak 2007
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.