Zavi — #6407 US boys' name
80 babies named Zavi in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to boys today.
70% of everyone ever named Zavi was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Zavi in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zavi
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Zavi between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zavi currently holds the #6407 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 22 babies received it in a single year. Zavi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2022.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zavi performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zavi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zavi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zavi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 80 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Zavi at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Zavi popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2023)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #6407 among boys.
80 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 22 births in a single year.
Zavi popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2022 (Zavi as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Zavi accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Zavi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 56 births that decade — 70% of Zavi's all-time total
Zavi decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Zavi's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
Zavi by state
Where Zavi concentrates geographically — total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 7.5% |
6 of 80 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 7.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2012–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.