Zev — #906 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zev

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,869 babies named Zev between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zev currently holds the #906 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 267 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zev performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,642 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Zev shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,123 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Zev in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zev 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 4,869 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.