Zeva — #11728 US girls' name
266 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.
More common than 34% of names given to girls today.
71% of everyone ever named Zeva was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Zeva in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zeva
The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Zeva between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zeva currently holds the #11728 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zeva performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 188 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zeva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zeva 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 266 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.
Zeva at a glance
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Current rank
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Zeva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2013)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #11728 among girls.
266 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 29 births in a single year.
Zeva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 188 births that decade — 71% of Zeva's all-time total
Zeva decade highlights
- Peak decade 188 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zeva's strongest decade
188 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
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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, 2006–2024 (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.