Girls' name · since 2006
Zeva
272 babies named Zeva in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,797 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,177 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 272
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zeva is the #14177 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 272 recorded since 2006.
Zeva has 272 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14177 as of the latest data, more common than 18% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #16,797 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,177 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 272 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeva ranks #16,797 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,177 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 272 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,797 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,177 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 272
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zeva's 272 recorded births place it above 76.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zeva compares
272 43rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Zeva's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zeva | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 272 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zeva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zeva splits its recorded history at 2016: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2019 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zeva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Zeva by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (188 births, 69% of the file).
2010s was Zeva's strongest decade.
188 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Zeva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 35
2000s
35 births
- 2010s
2010s
188 births
- 2020s 49
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 188 births (69% of all-time use).
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What to do with Zeva's data
- Zeva's decade-level peak was the 2010s (188 total births); usage has since declined to 49 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zeva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Zeva 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.