boys:
3.8k births since 1961
#1999 (56th percentile)
overall:
3.8k births since 1961
#4436 (43rd percentile)
The name Tzvi is the #4,436 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,834 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 42.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,999 (56.4% percentile) for all time with 3,834 births since 1961.
Tzvi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (first recorded for boys in 1961). Birth data for Tzvi is available in 59 out of the 63 years between 1961 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Tzvi reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 20.1% percentile (ranked #743) with 102 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 102 births per million (ranked 20.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1996, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Tzvi is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #736 (19.2% percentile) with 98 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tzvi".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Tzvi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.4% confident that Tzvi is pronounced as tsvee, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tzvee, at 22.9% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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