NameTides

Zev

Zev was the #864 boys' name in the US in 2025 (277 babies), and #2,133 in England & Wales and #1,311 in Canada.

Zev as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Zev as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Zev as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#864 (277)#2,133 (11)#1,311 (18)
2024#899 (263)#1,952 (12)#1,306 (17)
2023#878 (267)#1,461 (17)#1,421 (14)
2022#950 (239)#1,420 (18)#1,237 (17)
2021#977 (227)#1,984 (11)#1,039 (22)
2020#899 (250)#1,723 (13)#1,382 (14)
2019#1,052 (195)#2,266 (9)#882 (26)
2018#964 (215)#1,683 (14)#1,175 (17)
2017#1,042 (193)#2,172 (10)#937 (24)
2016#1,180 (161)#1,363 (19)#1,283 (15)
2015#1,162 (160)#1,511 (16)#1,956 (8)
2014#1,201 (153)#2,690 (7)#1,250 (15)
2013#1,135 (160)#2,216 (9)#1,109 (18)
2012#1,195 (150)#2,458 (8)#1,403 (13)
2011#1,371 (122)#2,390 (8)#1,399 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #864.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1951.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 25,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Zev is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,300 to 1 in 6,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zev by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #171NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: #206NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #906CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Zev (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6236
Ontario2024#1,5176

Zev (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZevCanadaBoys#1,31118
ZevEngland & WalesBoys#2,13311
ZevUSBoys#864277