Girls' name · since 1982

Tzipporah

Tzipporah has 400 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#13,522 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#5,793 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
400
born since 1982
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Tzipporah is the #5793 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 400 recorded since 1982.

Tzipporah has 400 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5793 as of the latest data, more common than 67% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.

  • #13,522 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #5,793 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 400 born since 1982
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tzipporah ranks #13,522 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,793 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 400 born since 1982, peaking in the 2000s.

#13,522 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#5,793 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
400
born since 1982
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%66.5%
Tzipporah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Tzipporah's 400 recorded births place it above 81.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

2 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Tzipporah compares

400 Top 49% higher than 51% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Tzipporah's all-time total is 6% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Tzipporah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 400 376 567,345
Peak-year births 21 21 19,840

Tzipporah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Tzipporah splits its recorded history at 2007: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Tzipporah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
21
Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
0510152025 198219901999200420092014201920242025 21

Tzipporah by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (119 births, 30% of the file).

2000s was Tzipporah's strongest decade.

119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.

Tzipporah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 119 births (30% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Tzipporah by state

Where Tzipporah concentrates geographically, total births since 1982

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Tzipporah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
71 17.8%
#2 New Jersey
18 4.5%
New York share of Tzipporah's total US births 17.8%
Even split

71 of 400 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tzipporah?
Tzipporah has been given to 400 babies in the U.S. since 1982, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #13,522 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #5,793 of 17,297. 21 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
Where does Tzipporah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tzipporah ranks #13,522 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,793 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Tzipporah most popular?
Tzipporah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 119 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Tzipporah most popular?
The top states for the name Tzipporah are New York (71 births), New Jersey (18 births).
How long has the name Tzipporah been used?
The SSA has tracked Tzipporah since 1982 -- 44 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Tzipporah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tzipora, Tziporah, Tzivia, Tzirel, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Tzipporah's data

  • Tzipporah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (119 total births) through the 2020s (95) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • New York records the most Tzipporahs (71 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Tzipporah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1982–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tzipporah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.