# Zipporah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zipporah/  
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 | “bird” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈzɪpəɹə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,632 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,632 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 116, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew צִפֹּרָה (ṣippōrā), a feminization of ציפור / צִפֹּר (ṣippōr, “bird”).

## What it means

Zipporah is grouped under bird.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 3,722 |
| 2012 | 61 | 2,865 |
| 2013 | 65 | 2,705 |
| 2014 | 77 | 2,390 |
| 2015 | 73 | 2,500 |
| 2016 | 70 | 2,559 |
| 2017 | 74 | 2,463 |
| 2018 | 86 | 2,189 |
| 2019 | 75 | 2,399 |
| 2020 | 62 | 2,711 |
| 2021 | 75 | 2,415 |
| 2022 | 79 | 2,363 |
| 2023 | 67 | 2,645 |
| 2024 | 57 | 2,928 |
| 2025 | 83 | 2,238 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: ज़िपोरा
- Spanish: Séfora

## 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.