Boys' name · since 2000
Zeven
164 babies named Zeven in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,190 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,288 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 164
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zeven is the #11288 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 164 recorded since 2000.
Zeven has 164 recorded births among boys since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11288 as of the latest data, more common than 19% of boys, 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 2000 to 2025.
- #14,190 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,288 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 164 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeven ranks #14,190 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,288 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 164 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,190 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,288 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 164
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zeven's 164 recorded births place it above 68.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zeven compares
164 34th 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
Zeven's all-time total is 56% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zeven | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 164 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zeven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zeven's full recorded timeline at 2014, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zeven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Zeven by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (75 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Zeven's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Zeven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 75 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Zeven's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 2020s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Zeven: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Zeven 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.