Girls' name · since 1889
Zepha
Zepha has 50 recorded births since 1889 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1891 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 1889
- 1910s
- peak decade
Zepha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 50 recorded since 1889.
Zepha has 50 recorded births among girls since 1889, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1889 to 1939.
- #35,151 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 50 born since 1889
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zepha ranks #35,151 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 50 born since 1889, peaking in the 1910s.
- #35,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 1889
- 1910s
- peak decade
Zepha's 50 recorded births place it above 51.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zepha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zepha's full recorded timeline at 1918, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1889, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1891 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zepha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1889–1939
- Peak year (1891)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Zepha by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (22 births, 44% of the file).
1910s was Zepha's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Zepha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 7
1890s
7 births
- 1910s
1910s
22 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s
1930s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 22 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Zepha's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (22 total births) through the 1930s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zepha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1891)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
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, 1889–1939 (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 Zepha 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.