Zilpha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Zilpha

The Social Security Administration has registered 570 babies named Zilpha between 1880 and 1943, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zilpha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1943. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zilpha performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Zilpha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zilpha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zilpha 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 570 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.