NameTides

Zipporah

Zipporah was the #2,214 girls' name in the US in 2025 (83 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Zipporah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Zipporah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Zipporah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,214 (83)#2,138 (13)#2,475 (8)
2024#2,889 (57)#2,575 (10)#3,383 (5)
2023#2,614 (67)#3,599 (6)—
2022#2,346 (79)#3,971 (5)—
2021#2,384 (75)#5,581 (3)—
2020#2,682 (62)#3,899 (5)—
2019#2,376 (75)#2,643 (9)#2,610 (7)
2018#2,179 (86)#5,666 (3)#2,587 (7)
2017#2,432 (74)#5,765 (3)#3,307 (5)
2016#2,539 (70)#3,214 (7)#1,785 (12)
2015#2,471 (73)——
2014#2,371 (77)—#3,316 (5)
2013#2,681 (65)#5,742 (3)—
2012#2,832 (61)——
2011#3,659 (42)#4,764 (4)#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,214.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zipporah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 23,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 33,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zipporah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Zipporah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZipporahCanadaGirls#2,4758
ZipporahEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
ZipporahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ZipporahUSGirls#2,21483