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Zev

Means “wolf”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,162, 2016: #1,180, 2017: #1,042, 2018: #964, 2019: #1,052, 2020: #899, 2021: #977, 2022: #950, 2023: #878, 2024: #899, 2025: #8641 in 6,166 boys in the US, 2025#864 · rising · was #1,162 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,511, 2016: #1,363, 2017: #2,172, 2018: #1,683, 2019: #2,266, 2020: #1,723, 2021: #1,984, 2022: #1,420, 2023: #1,461, 2024: #1,952, 2025: #2,1331 in 24,721 boys in E&W, 2025#2,133 · falling · was #1,511 in 2015

Boy’s name · Hebrew

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What Zev means

Means “wolf”

From Hebrew זאב (ze'év, “wolf”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Zev” (revision 87895291), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Zev?

US 2025
#864
277 babies
▲ 35 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#2133
11 babies
▼ 181 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #1162 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1511 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2025)

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 277 boys got the name (#864 that year). First in the US records in 1951.

How common

  • About 1 in 6,166 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 24,721 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NY (1.33 per 1,000 boys), NJ (1.16 per 1,000 boys), MD (0.22 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Zev is #864 in the US and #2133 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#8642771 in 6,166#1162
England & Wales#2133111 in 24,721#1511
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Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Zev were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250277
England & Wales 2025011
US all years since 188005,153
England & Wales since 19960253

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Ziv16 US · 3 E&W
  • Zvi10 US · 4 E&W
  • Seve8 US · 4 E&W
  • Zeev6 US
  • Sev5 US
  • Zeph5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Zev

Boys

  • Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”
  • Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”
  • Shmuel#920Variant of Samuel, meaning “God has set or God has placed”
  • Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
  • Matthias#372From Biblical Hebrew, meaning “gift of Yahweh”
  • Ari#393“lion”

For a sister

  • Zara#212“flower”
  • Naomi#47“my pleasantness”
  • Rivka#628Same root as Rebecca, meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating…
  • Ezra#833Editor’s note Up from #1,199 in 2015 to #833 in 2025 in the US
  • Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
  • Eliza#115Editor’s note Up from #175 in 2015 to #115 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Zev’s. Rank is US 2025.

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