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Tirzah

Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#4,276 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,751 for girls

Tirzah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “pleasant”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,751st for girls in the US (62 babies).

What does Tirzah mean?

Hebrew

“pleasant”

A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Tirzah a girl's or a boy's name?

Tirzah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 62 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Tirzah in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,276th among girls
Babies in 2025
5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 23% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Tirzah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 6 girls.

Half of all the girls named Tirzah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.

1999Busiest: 6 in 20082025
Tirzah in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#4,276
20245#4,253
20236#3,766
20220–
20216#3,697
20204#4,744
20193#5,804
20186#3,702
20175#4,250
20160–
20153#5,983
20140–
20133#6,003
20120–
20111#7,717
20104#4,931
20094#4,795
20086#3,589
20070–
20064#4,357
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19993#4,041

How popular is Tirzah in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,751st among girls
Babies in 2025
62 about 1 in 26,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 62 girls in the US were named Tirzah, making it the 2,751st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 1899.

2025 had more girls named Tirzah than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Tirzah in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 67 girls in the US were given Tirzah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,201, up from #2,751 for this spelling alone.

1899Busiest: 71 in 20172025
Tirzah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202562#2,751
202438#3,892
202338#3,909
202244#3,535
202146#3,389
202051#3,091
201966#2,632
201855#2,961
201771#2,508
201656#2,966
201565#2,712
201464#2,712
201367#2,625
201263#2,769
201165#2,694
201067#2,670
200954#3,125
200841#3,858
200739#3,982
200650#3,263
200533#4,191
200442#3,486
200347#3,128
200236#3,650
200130#4,103
200040#3,329
199935#3,506
199829#3,911
199733#3,445
199629#3,718
199538#3,017
199430#3,610
199322#4,518
199230#3,575
199120#4,802
199019#4,863
198920#4,516
198825#3,685
198721#3,980
198618#4,344
198523#3,620
198416#4,477
198322#3,554
198221#3,779
198127#3,147
198017#4,326
197922#3,541
197825#3,098
197723#3,266
197623#3,094
197511#5,159
197423#3,008
197314#4,154
197220#3,177
197112#4,532
19708#5,817
19695#7,469
19686#6,244
196710#4,299
19666#5,808
19656#5,816
19640–
19639#4,538
196212#3,781
196110#4,238
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19230–
19225#5,007
19210–
19205#4,973
19190–
19189#3,243
19170–
19160–
19150–
19140–
19130–
19120–
19110–
19100–
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18996#1,393

Names like Tirzah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Tirzah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tirzah, updated 20 October 2026.