Ziv

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
#4,935
2017 · 19 births
Debut · boys
1985
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
252
since 1985

Ziv over time

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Rank among boys' names. Ziv has never cracked the top 4,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #4,935, 2017boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#5,60816
2024#15,2935#8,9878
2023—#5,92715
2022—#7,26211
2021—#7,58710
2020—#8,0679
2019—#8,8898
2018—#6,34513
2017—#4,93519
2016—#9,6647
2015—#7,06611
2014—#9,6427
2013—#7,02611
2012—#10,7706
2011—#6,57812
2010—#8,1399
2009—#8,9858
2008—#8,3249
2007—#9,7887
2006—#10,6626
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2004—#6,52011
2003—#9,5816
2002—#9,3926
2001—#10,5565
2000—#9,1126
1999—#9,9125
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First appearance
1985

The first year at least five boys were named Ziv! It came in at #6,523, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1985–1992, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ziv is popular in 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,557 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 43,142 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ziv, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#2,557 · 1 in 43,142

Best ever in a state: #1,761 in New York, 2013.

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See more about Ziv
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 3,379 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #5,608)
  • 2,459 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #5,608)
  • 1,458 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #5,608)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1985
  • Peaked 2017 at #4,935 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 97,419
  • Highest: 1 in 97,419 boys born in 2017 were named Ziv (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 40.9% of all boys named Ziv (103) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s5#6,523 (1985)#6,523
1990s11#7,638 (1993)#8,775
2000s64#6,520 (2004)#9,213
2010s103#4,935 (2017)#7,905
2020s69#5,608 (2025)#7,240

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ziv in 2017

boys
#4,935
19 births · 1 in 97,419 boys

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #4,935Ziv19
More about 2017

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 97,419 of them was named Ziv, which outranked 65.4% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ziv
  1. #4,746Zaydrian20
  2. #4,746Zayon20
  3. #4,746Zebadiah20
  4. #4,935Ziv19
  5. #4,935Aarik19
  6. #4,935Aboubacar19
  7. #4,935Adama19
  8. #5,111Aadam18
  9. #5,111Abishai18
  10. #5,111Aceyn18

Tied with 175 names at #4,935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →