Zilphia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Zilphia

The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Zilphia between 1888 and 1950, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zilphia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zilphia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Zilphia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zilphia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zilphia 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 199 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.