girl's name
Zehava
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 151
Zehava is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2025, when 12 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 276,319 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1988.
Zehava over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 6 |
| 1990s | 10 |
| 2000s | 21 |
| 2010s | 61 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 53 |
How popular is Zehava?
In 2025, Zehava was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Zehava
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Zehava also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Zehava over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Zehava
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Zehava — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Zehava
How popular is the name Zehava?
In 2025, Zehava was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Zehava a girl's or a boy's name?
Zehava is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Zehava most popular?
Zehava peaked in 2025, when 12 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Zehava a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Zehava currently ranks #8,637 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.