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Ziv

#5,854 in 2025Boys' name

Bright, radiant

Ziv has been given to 257 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #5,854 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Ziv, 2025

1 in 207,000

Ziv over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ziv: meaning, origin, and history

Bright, radiant

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ziv means

Ziv means “bright, radiant”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 252 boys were recorded with the name Ziv between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2017; its best national rank was #5,105 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,728 in 2020 to #5,854 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,480 in 2015 to #5,854 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Ziv between 2024 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2024; its best national rank was #17,698 in 2024.

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.

How common is Ziv?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 207,000
16 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 107,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,854
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ziv 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 2025 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 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ziv. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zivs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ziv was born before 2015 — so the typical Ziv is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
40.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
252
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 40.9% of all recorded uses (103).

Is Ziv 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
+4,025
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,874
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,626
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.45×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
84.2%
Peak was 2017 (19)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
43.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,105
2017

Where Ziv is used

Across 1910–2025, Ziv was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,922,284 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ziv has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ziv around the world

Where Ziv ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2024–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2018–2018
    #2,905
    in 2018

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Ziv by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,854
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,874
Best rank ever
#5,105
2017
Peak year
2017
19 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
252
Count in 2025
16

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#17,698
2024
Peak year
2024
5 that year
First recorded
2024
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ziv

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

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Sibling names for Ziv

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

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