girls:
775 births since 1973
#4941 (14th percentile)
overall:
775 births since 1973
#6964 (10th percentile)
The name Zahava is the #6,964 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 775 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,941 (13.5% percentile) for all time with 775 births since 1973.
Zahava first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (first recorded for girls in 1973). Birth data for Zahava is available in 46 out of the 51 years between 1973 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 girls, Zahava reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #906) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 22 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zahava ranks #927 for girls (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 64.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zahava".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Zahava. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Zahava is pronounced as zuh-HAH-vuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zah-HAH-vuh, at 33.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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