Tzipporah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tsi-POR-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Tzipporah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “bird”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Tzipporah mean?
Hebrew: biblical, Hebrew Tsippora
“bird”
Zipporah, wife of Moses, was a daughter of Jethro, the priest of Midian.
Is Tzipporah a girl's or a boy's name?
Tzipporah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tzipporah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 5 girls.
Tzipporah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Tzipporah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Tzipporah, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had the most girls named Tzipporah of any year since it first appeared, in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Tzipporah in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tzipporah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Nicknames for Tzipporah
- Tzippy
- Tzipi
Names like Tzipporah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Delilah, Tallulah, Hannah, Talia, Aria, Isabella, Ava, Savannah, Eliana, Mia, Maryam, Sienna
Names related to Tzipporah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
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, “Tzipporah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tzipporah, updated 20 October 2026.