Zhivago

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Zhivago has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1980. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1980, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Zhivago, 1980

1 in 689,000

Zhivago over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zhivago: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zhivago means

Zhivago is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Zhivago is used in English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Zhivago is pronounced /ʒɪˈvɑɡoʊ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Zhivago between 1980 and 1980. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1980; its best national rank was #7,290 in 1980.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Zhivago?

Zhivago had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1980, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1980: 1 in 689,000; 5 of 3,444,198 births
Among boys only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1980: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 477,468 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zhivago sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1980 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 477,468 children born in 1980 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zhivago. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zhivagos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zhivago was born before 1980 — so the typical Zhivago is around 45 today.

Median birth year: 1980; About 45 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Zhivago rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1980 (5)
Years since peak: 45; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #7,290; 1980

Spellings of Zhivago

Zhivago is not the most common spelling — Thiago is, with 100.0% against Zhivago's 0.01%.

Thiago100.0%35,200
Zhivago0.01%5

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Zhivago by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,290; 1980
Peak year: 1980; 5 that year
First recorded: 1980
Last recorded: 1980
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Zhivago

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Zhivago

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Charissa Sharonda Shameka Darci Tosha Candi Siobhan Starla

For a brother

Leopoldo Jerod Wilfredo Antwan Ashley Delvin Chauncey Kareem

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