Zidan comes from the Arabic tradition, meaning Growth and progress.
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How popular is Zidan?
2017peak year
Today, Zidan is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #3323), with only about 36 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2017, 42 babies were given the name (ranked #2889 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Zidan's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 499 babies have been registered as Zidan since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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