Zipporah
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,214 for girls
Zipporah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “bird”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 2,214th for girls in the US (83 babies).
What does Zipporah mean?
Hebrew
“bird”
A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zipporah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zipporah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 83 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zipporah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Zipporah, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Zipporah of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Zipporah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Zipporah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Zipporah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,214among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 83about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 83 girls in the US were named Zipporah, making it the 2,214th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,682nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 86 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had more girls named Zipporah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Zipporah in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zipporah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #2,214 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,614 |
| 2022 | 79 | #2,346 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,384 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,682 |
| 2019 | 75 | #2,376 |
| 2018 | 86 | #2,179 |
| 2017 | 74 | #2,432 |
| 2016 | 70 | #2,539 |
| 2015 | 73 | #2,471 |
| 2014 | 77 | #2,371 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,680 |
| 2012 | 61 | #2,831 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,802 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,087 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 70 | #2,616 |
| 2006 | 79 | #2,375 |
| 2005 | 52 | #3,048 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,847 |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 67 | #2,376 |
| 2001 | 69 | #2,300 |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,273 |
| 1999 | 69 | #2,179 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,970 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 44 | #2,756 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,147 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,086 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,804 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,780 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,657 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,931 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
Names like Zipporah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Delilah Maryam Aaliyah Talia Eliana Aria Amara Mia Zainab Amira Raya Savannah
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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, “Zipporah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zipporah, updated 20 October 2026.