How Many People Are Named Zipporah?
people named Zipporah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 133,666 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,632 babies named Zipporah in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
86 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew name צִפּוֹרָה (Tzipporah), derived from צִפּוֹר (tzippor) meaning "bird". In the Old Testament this is the name of the Midianite wife of Moses. She was the daughter of the priest Jethro.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zipporah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zipporah alive today is about 21 years old, and 75% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zipporah first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2018, to 86 babies. In 2025, 83 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zipporah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,189, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #2,238.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,238 |
| Best rank | #2,189 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,595 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zipporah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zipporah were born in Texas than in any other state: about 126 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zipporah was given 4.1 times as often in Georgia, 3 times in Florida and 1.9 times in New York.
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