Zev
Zev is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Zev
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zev is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Zev
American parents first put Zev on the record books as a baby boy name in 1951, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 267 Zevs were born — ranking #876 that year. About 33% of every Zev on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Zev ranks #900 for baby boys with 263 births, rising sharply (+19% over the past five years). All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Zev
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Zev. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Zev
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About the name Zev
Zev is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1951 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Zev's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #876. Use the chart and map above to compare Zev's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.