# Hephzibah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hephzibah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “my delight is in her” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɛpzɪbə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Eppie |
| Variant spellings | Hepzibah |
| US babies named this | 151 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 151 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 154, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew חֶפְצִי־בָהּ (ḥep̄ṣî-ḇāh, “my delight is in her”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 18,000 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,525 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10,728 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,325 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,444 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,407 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,372 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10,889 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,802 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,585 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,590 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,221 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9,869 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,490 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,405 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,863 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## People named Hephzibah

- Hephzibah Menuhin, American musician (1920–1981)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.