Ziv
Ziv is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Ziv
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ziv 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 Ziv
Ziv first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1985, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2017: 19 births, good for #4,934 nationwide. About 40% of every Ziv on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ziv ranks #7,002 for baby boys with 11 births, gradually falling (-7%). All told, over 257 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Ziv
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ziv. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Ziva
- Zivit
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About the name Ziv
Ziv is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 257 births in the dataset. Ziv's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #4,934. Use the chart and map above to compare Ziv'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.