Zoltan
Zoltán is a Hungarian masculine given name. The name days for this name are 8 March and 23 June in Hungary, and 7 April in Slovakia. "Zoli" is the short version of Zoltán. "Zoli" is commonly used.
Meaning & Origin of Zoltan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zoltán is a Hungarian masculine given name. The name days for this name are 8 March and 23 June in Hungary, and 7 April in Slovakia. "Zoli" is the short version of Zoltán. "Zoli" is commonly used.
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The Story of Zoltan
Zoltan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1912, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1967, when 25 Zoltans were born — ranking #1,540 that year. As of 2026, Zoltan ranks #7,004 for baby boys with 11 births, holding steady (-2%). In total, more than 1K Zoltans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Zoltan
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- Zoltán of Hungary
- Zoltan Bathory , guitarist of heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch
- Zoltán Lajos Bay (1900–1992), Hungarian physicist
- Zoltán Berczik (1937–2011), six times European Champion in table-tennis.
- Zoltán Czibor (1929–1997), Hungarian footballer
- Zoltán Czukor (born 1962), Hungarian athletics competitor
- Zoltán Dani (born 1956), Serbian Army officer
- Zoltán Gera (actor) (1923–2014), Hungarian actor
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Names that sound like Zoltan
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About the name Zoltan
Zoltan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Zoltan's peak popularity came in 1967 when it ranked #1,540. Use the chart and map above to compare Zoltan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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