Sefora
Girl · SEF-o-ra · Hebrew
Sefora is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “bird”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Sefora mean?
Hebrew: Italian and Spanish form of Zipporah
“bird”
A form of Zipporah, the wife of Moses and daughter of Jethro in the Book of Exodus.
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Is Sefora a girl's or a boy's name?
Sefora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sefora in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Sefora, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th.
2025 had the most girls named Sefora of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Sefora in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Sefora in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
How popular is Sefora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Sefora, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had the most girls named Sefora of any year since it first appeared, in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Sefora in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sefora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
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