Zelpha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Zelpha

The Social Security Administration has registered 956 babies named Zelpha between 1886 and 1957, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zelpha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zelpha performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 256 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Zelpha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Zelpha in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zelpha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 956 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.