boys:
4.6k births since 1951
#1780 (61st percentile)
overall:
4.6k births since 1951
#4022 (48th percentile)
The name Zev is the #4,022 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,609 recorded births since 1951. This represents the 48.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,780 (61.2% percentile) for all time with 4,609 births since 1951.
Zev first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1951 (first recorded for boys in 1951). Birth data for Zev is available in 72 out of the 73 years between 1951 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, Zev reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 28.1% percentile (ranked #655) with 144 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 144 births per million (ranked 28.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1985, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zev is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #655 (28.1% percentile) with 144 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zev".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Zev is pronounced as zehv, which has 1 syllables.
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