Boys' name · since 1991
Zeev
108 babies named Zeev in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,955 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,132 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 108
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zeev currently ranks #11132 among boys' names in America, with 108 babies recorded since 1991.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeev has been recorded 108 times among boys since 1991, currently ranked #11132 nationally and more common than 20% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #16,955 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,132 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 108 born since 1991
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeev ranks #16,955 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,132 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 108 born since 1991, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,955 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,132 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 108
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zeev's 108 recorded births place it above 62.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zeev compares
108 27th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zeev's all-time total is 71% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zeev | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 108 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zeev's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zeev's full recorded timeline at 2011, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zeev popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Zeev by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (35 births, 32% of the file).
2020s was Zeev's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Zeev births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 35 births (32% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zeev: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zeev draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.