How Many People Are Named Zev?
people named Zev are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 68,016 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,153 babies named Zev in Social Security records from 1951 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
277 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of ZEEV.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zev in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zev alive today is about 16 years old, and 84% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zev first appears in the records in 1951, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 277 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1951 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zev has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #866, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #866.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #866 |
| Best rank | #866 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,137 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zev alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zev were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,175 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zev was given 9.4 times as often in New York and 7 times in New Jersey.
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