# Zev (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zev/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “wolf” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,153 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,153 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 253, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew זאב (ze'év, “wolf”).

## What it means

Zev is grouped under wolf.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 122 | 1,376 |
| 2012 | 150 | 1,200 |
| 2013 | 160 | 1,140 |
| 2014 | 153 | 1,204 |
| 2015 | 160 | 1,167 |
| 2016 | 161 | 1,182 |
| 2017 | 193 | 1,047 |
| 2018 | 215 | 969 |
| 2019 | 195 | 1,053 |
| 2020 | 250 | 901 |
| 2021 | 227 | 981 |
| 2022 | 239 | 952 |
| 2023 | 267 | 879 |
| 2024 | 263 | 901 |
| 2025 | 277 | 866 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,511 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,420 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.