Zev

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Zev: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Zev: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,363 in 2016, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1363highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1999	#2943
2000	#2501
2001	#2220
2002	#2636
2003	#1771
2004	#3009
2005	#2174
2006	#3385
2007	#2211
2008	#2507
2009	#2544
2010	#2629
2011	#2390
2012	#2458
2013	#2216
2014	#2690
2015	#1511
2016	#1363
2017	#2172
2018	#1683
2019	#2266
2020	#1723
2021	#1984
2022	#1420
2023	#1461
2024	#1951

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1363 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zev by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Zev in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	58	10 of 10	6
2010s	107	10 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	71	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Zev appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1363 in England and Wales in 2016.

Zev's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1420	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1723	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1511	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,363, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,951position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
19births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Zeyad · #1786, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Benson · #1363, 27y
Dov · #1363, 27y
Mohid · #1363, 22y
Nicolo · #1363, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Arion · #1363, 21y
Benson · #1363, 27y
Dennie · #1363, 20y
Dov · #1363, 27y

Zev and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Zev without appearing here.

Zev moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2216 and #4685.
Malin Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3385 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2211 and #4333.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #4678.
Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3009 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Zev

Aksel Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1363 and #1431 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2172 and #1812.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1420 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1420 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Zev

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Zev went from #2863 to #1461 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Zev went from #2863 to #1461 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Zev went from #2863 to #1461 while Nicola went from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Zev went from #2863 to #1420 while Brent went from #898 to #3449.

Moved the same way as Zev

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zev went from #3385 to #1951 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1363 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zev

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Popularity journey

Zev by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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