Ziva — #1429 US girls' name
2,669 babies named Ziva in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to girls today.
60% of everyone ever named Ziva was born in this single decade.
192 babies were named Ziva in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ziva
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,669 babies named Ziva between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ziva currently holds the #1429 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 192 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ziva performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,599 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ziva shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 239 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ziva in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ziva 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 2,669 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.
Ziva at a glance
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Current rank
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Ziva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1960
- Peak year (2011)
- 192
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
Currently ranks #1429 among girls.
2,669 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 192 births in a single year.
Ziva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,599 births that decade — 60% of Ziva's all-time total
Ziva decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,599 births
- Runner-up 854 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ziva's strongest decade
1,599 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Ziva by state
Where Ziva concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 239 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 201 | 7.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 154 | 5.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 133 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 111 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 93 | 3.5% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 83 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 73 | 2.7% |
239 of 2,669 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.0% of nationwide
- Texas 7.5% of nationwide
- Florida 5.8% of nationwide
- New York 5.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 28 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ziva appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1960–2024 (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.