Zehava
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zeh-HAH-vah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Zehava is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “golden”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Zehava mean?
Hebrew: from zahav 'gold'
“golden”
Is Zehava a girl's or a boy's name?
Zehava is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zehava in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Zehava, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. It first appears in the records in 1988.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Zehava of any year since it first appeared, in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Zehava in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zehava in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
Names like Zehava
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adhara Anvika Prisha Ahuva Zamira Aviva Aitana Avaya Amoura Arya Navi Aadhya
Names related to Zehava
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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, “Zehava: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zehava, updated 20 October 2026.