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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Zipporah

Zipporah was the 2238th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 83 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2189th with 86 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 262 places. More babies were named Zipporah in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,238 girls, up 473 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
83girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
201886 babies
Total since 1880
2,632babies recorded

Zipporah popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#2,23883
2020#2,71162
2010#2,84062
2000#2,30568
1990#4,52122
1980#3,85221
1970#7,9916
1960#5,6937
1950#6,1085
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How popular is Zipporah, counting every spelling?

Zipporah has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Zipporah?

83 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zipporah (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zipporah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 101 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zipporah.

Chance of another Zipporah in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inFloridaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Zipporah?

About 2,600 people born in the US named Zipporah are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 9 and 30. That makes Zipporah mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Zipporah by state

How common Zipporah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 39 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWA0.04Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesOR0.08Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesOH0.03Pennsylvania: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesPA0.03New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMO0.04Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesGA0.02Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesFL0.02
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Zipporah, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Zipporah

How popular is the name Zipporah?

Zipporah was the 2238th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 83 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2189th with 86 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 262 places. More babies were named Zipporah in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Zipporah a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Zipporah in the US.

Where is Zipporah most popular?

In 2021–2025, Zipporah was most common in Oregon (0.08 per 1,000 girls), followed by Missouri and Virginia.