Is Ziva a boy or girl name?

Ziva is a girl’s name. Of the 2,805 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Ziva

Recorded 1960–2025 · United States

Ziva was most popular in 2011, when 193 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,223 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,895, with 134 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,805 people named Ziva.

Ziva over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ziva’s peak in 2011. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ziva a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ziva is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,805 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 Ziva

Where Ziva is most concentrated

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

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