as a First Name
Transferred use of a surname of uncertain origin. It came to prominence as the given name of the American writer Zane Grey (1872–1939), a descendant of the Ebenezer Zane who founded Zaneville in Ohio.
| 1,907th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 11,563
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 29,016
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Montana
- has the most people named Zane per capita
- 2003
- marked the height of its popularity
0.03%
99.97%
2%
55+
55+
6%
30-54
30-54
17%
13-29
13-29
75%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
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