Hephzibah
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Hephzibah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my delight is in her”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Hephzibah mean?
Hebrew
“my delight is in her”
A female given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Used by Puritans in the 17th and 18th century.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Hephzibah a girl's or a boy's name?
Hephzibah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hephzibah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Hephzibah, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hephzibah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Hephzibah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Hephzibah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Hephzibah, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Hephzibah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hephzibah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Names like Hephzibah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Hadassah, Safa, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Ruqayyah, Sumayyah, Aaminah, Ayah, Abeeha, Zainab, Hiba
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hephzibah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hephzibah, updated 20 October 2026.