Zev
Boy · ZEV · Hebrew
Zev is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “wolf”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 864th for boys in the US (277 babies).
What does Zev mean?
Hebrew: from Zeev
“wolf”
From the Hebrew word for wolf, recalling Jacob's blessing of Benjamin as a ravenous wolf in Genesis.
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- ZEV
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Is Zev a girl's or a boy's name?
Zev is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 277 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zev in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Zev, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 19 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Zev in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Zev in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Zev in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #864among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 277about 1 in 6,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 277 boys in the US were named Zev, making it the 864th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 899th. It first appears in the records in 1951.
2025 had the most boys named Zev of any year since it first appeared, in 1951.
Half of all the boys named Zev in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 283 boys in the US were given Zev or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #795, up from #864 for this spelling alone.
- Zev 277
- Zeev 6
Zev in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 277 | #864 |
| 2024 | 263 | #899 |
| 2023 | 267 | #878 |
| 2022 | 239 | #950 |
| 2021 | 227 | #977 |
| 2020 | 250 | #899 |
| 2019 | 195 | #1,052 |
| 2018 | 215 | #964 |
| 2017 | 193 | #1,042 |
| 2016 | 161 | #1,180 |
| 2015 | 160 | #1,162 |
| 2014 | 153 | #1,201 |
| 2013 | 160 | #1,135 |
| 2012 | 150 | #1,195 |
| 2011 | 122 | #1,371 |
| 2010 | 133 | #1,292 |
| 2009 | 115 | #1,453 |
| 2008 | 117 | #1,428 |
| 2007 | 119 | #1,380 |
| 2006 | 115 | #1,387 |
| 2005 | 78 | #1,708 |
| 2004 | 74 | #1,717 |
| 2003 | 75 | #1,653 |
| 2002 | 71 | #1,657 |
| 2001 | 74 | #1,596 |
| 2000 | 51 | #1,989 |
| 1999 | 57 | #1,760 |
| 1998 | 57 | #1,765 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,856 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,013 |
| 1995 | 49 | #1,777 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,176 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,045 |
| 1992 | 45 | #1,815 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 41 | #1,865 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,231 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,003 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 27 | #1,870 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 21 | #1,758 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,025 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
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