Zahava
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zah-HAH-vuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Zahava is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gold”. In 2025 it ranked 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Zahava mean?
Hebrew: from Hebrew zahav
“gold”
A modern Hebrew name formed from zahav, the Hebrew word for 'gold'.
Is Zahava a girl's or a boy's name?
Zahava is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zahava in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,264th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Zahava, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Zahava in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zahava in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,933 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Zahava
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zamira, Amira, Hadassah, Amara, Zaira, Samira, Ximena, Hadassa, Samara, Aliza, Solana, Zayla
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zahava: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zahava, updated 20 October 2026.