Ziva

Ziva was the #1,570 girls' name in the US in 2025 (134 babies), and #1,133 in England & Wales and #1,106 in Canada.

Ziva as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ziva as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Ziva as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,570 (134)#1,133 (29)———#1,106 (24)
2024#1,429 (155)#1,449 (22)#790 (3)——#1,077 (24)
2023#1,319 (172)#1,255 (26)——#625 (5)#886 (30)
2022#1,401 (163)#1,621 (18)———#927 (28)
2021#1,269 (183)#1,128 (30)———#1,185 (21)
2020#1,246 (182)#1,556 (19)———#1,557 (14)
2019#1,315 (174)#1,218 (27)———#1,600 (14)
2018#1,319 (172)#1,490 (21)———#1,741 (12)
2017#1,489 (149)#1,063 (33)#808 (3)—#873 (3)#1,784 (12)
2016#1,660 (129)#1,278 (26)———#1,906 (11)
2015#1,554 (141)#1,114 (31)#806 (3)——#2,363 (8)
2014#1,493 (149)#940 (39)#681 (4)——#1,901 (11)
2013#1,351 (172)#925 (40)———#1,792 (12)
2012#1,425 (160)#975 (37)———#1,617 (14)
2011#1,237 (193)#1,149 (29)#674 (4)#444 (3)—#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #1,246.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1960.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ziva is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ziva by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,948CAUtah: 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: #1,037VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth 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: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,268TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Ziva (girls) 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
Ontario2024#59021

Ziva (girls): 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
ZivaCanadaGirls#1,10624
ZivaEngland & WalesGirls#1,13329
ZivaIrelandGirls—too few
ZivaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ZivaScotlandGirls—too few
ZivaUSGirls#1,570134