# Zeeshan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zeeshan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zeshan |
| US babies named this | 613 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 613 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,141, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic زِشَان (zišān).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 4,982 |
| 2012 | 21 | 4,684 |
| 2013 | 12 | 7,014 |
| 2014 | 12 | 7,042 |
| 2015 | 20 | 4,888 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,801 |
| 2017 | 17 | 5,524 |
| 2018 | 15 | 6,032 |
| 2019 | 15 | 6,101 |
| 2020 | 18 | 5,232 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,331 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,629 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,468 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8,305 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,899 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 638 |
| 2012 | 48 | 695 |
| 2013 | 55 | 621 |
| 2014 | 44 | 730 |
| 2015 | 35 | 873 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,022 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,097 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,158 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,230 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,366 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,309 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.