Ziva
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZEE-va
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,186 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
Ziva is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “radiance, brightness”. In 2025 it ranked 1,186th for girls in the UK (29 babies) and 1,570th for girls in the US (134 babies).
What does Ziva mean?
Hebrew: from ziv, brightness
“radiance, brightness”
From Hebrew ziv, brightness or radiance; Ziva David is a character in the US television drama NCIS.
Is Ziva a girl's or a boy's name?
Ziva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the UK and 134 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ziva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,186th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 9,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were named Ziva, making it the 1,186th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 43 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ziva in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 35 girls in the UK were given Ziva or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #934, up from #1,186 for this spelling alone.
- Ziva 29
- Zivah 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,133rd in England and Wales.
Ziva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,186 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,356 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,220 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 36 | #1,062 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2015 | 34 | #1,108 |
| 2014 | 43 | #936 |
| 2013 | 42 | #949 |
| 2012 | 38 | #1,019 |
| 2011 | 36 | #1,039 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,475 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
How popular is Ziva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,570th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 134 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 134 girls in the US were named Ziva, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 193 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
2025 had fewer girls named Ziva than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Ziva in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 155 girls in the US were given Ziva or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,258, up from #1,570 for this spelling alone.
Ziva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 134 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 155 | #1,429 |
| 2023 | 172 | #1,319 |
| 2022 | 163 | #1,401 |
| 2021 | 183 | #1,269 |
| 2020 | 182 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 174 | #1,315 |
| 2018 | 172 | #1,319 |
| 2017 | 149 | #1,489 |
| 2016 | 129 | #1,660 |
| 2015 | 141 | #1,554 |
| 2014 | 149 | #1,493 |
| 2013 | 172 | #1,351 |
| 2012 | 160 | #1,425 |
| 2011 | 193 | #1,237 |
| 2010 | 161 | #1,420 |
| 2009 | 99 | #2,064 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
Names like Ziva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dua, Esme, Pippa, Ava, Luna, Aria, Zara, Mila, Alora, Eliana, Isla, Ariella
Other spellings of Ziva
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ziva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ziva, updated 20 October 2026.