girls:
171 births since 2007
#5545 (3rd percentile)
boys:
237 births since 2001
#4349 (5th percentile)
overall:
408 births since 2001
#7331 (5th percentile)
The name Ziyan is the #7,331 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 408 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 5.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,349 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 237 births since 2001. For girls, it ranks #5,545 (3.0% percentile) for all time with 171 births since 2007.
Ziyan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (2001 for boys and 2007 for girls). Birth data for Ziyan is available in 22 out of the 23 years between 2001 and 2023 (22 years for boys and 15 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ziyan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (58.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Ziyan were boys.
For boys, Ziyan reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #908) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ziyan ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 79.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ziyan reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #924) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ziyan".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Ziyan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.1% confident that Ziyan is pronounced as ZEE-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZEE-yahn, at 14.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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