# Zoltan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zoltan/  
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 | Hungarian |
| Meaning | “sultan”, “ruler” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,024 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,024 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 100, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hungarian Zoltán, from szultán (“sultan”), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “ruler”). Doublet of sultan.

## What it means

Zoltan is grouped under king.

## 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 | 11 | 7,498 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,622 |
| 2013 | 17 | 5,403 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,630 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,995 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,786 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,335 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,343 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,880 |
| 2020 | 10 | 8,065 |
| 2021 | 10 | 8,161 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,825 |
| 2023 | 10 | 8,249 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,762 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,919 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Zoltan

- Zoltán Kocsis, classical pianist, conductor and composer (1952–2016)
- Zoltán Nemere, fencer (1942–2001)
- Zoltán Sztanity, Canoe racer
- Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer
- Zoltán Bakó, Canoe racer
- Zoltan Istvan, American writer, futurist, philosopher and transhumanist
- Zoltán Béres, boxer
- Zoltán Kelemen, figure skater
- Zoltán Dudás, association football player (1933-1989)
- Zoltán Kelemen, artistic gymnast
- Zoltán Balog, association football player (b. 1978)
- Zoltán Fehér, association football player

## 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.