Zehava — #9773 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zehava

The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Zehava between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zehava currently holds the #9773 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zehava performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Zehava shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zehava in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zehava 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 139 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.