girls:
1.9k births since 1993
#3872 (32nd percentile)
boys:
395 births since 1995
#4191 (9th percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1993
#5480 (29th percentile)
The name Zhane is the #5,480 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,331 recorded births since 1993. This represents the 29.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,872 (32.2% percentile) for all time with 1,936 births since 1993. For boys, it ranks #4,191 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 395 births since 1995.
Zhane first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1993 (1993 for girls and 1995 for boys).
The name Zhane has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 43.5% of babies named Zhane were girls. Interestingly, until around 2019, the name was more popular for girls (85.9% girls from 1993 to 2018), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (59.7% boys from 2019 to 2023).
For girls, Zhane reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 41.5% percentile (ranked #495) with 201 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 201 births per million (ranked 41.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zhane ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 2.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Zhane reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #890) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Zhane ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 63.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zhane".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Zhane. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.5% confident that Zhane is pronounced as zhayn, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zhuh-NAY, at 18.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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