Is Zahava a boy or girl name?

Zahava is a girl’s name. Of the 848 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Zahava

Recorded 1973–2025 · United States

Zahava was most popular in 2024, when 40 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,568 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,425, with 33 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 848 people named Zahava.

Zahava over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zahava’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zahava a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zahava is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 848 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Zahava

Where Zahava is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Explore further

See Zahava on the interactive charts

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org