Recorded 1957–2019 Girls' name Peak 1970 45 births

Zipora — girls' name

45 babies named Zipora in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s51960s51970s252010s10
1970s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Zipora was born in this single decade.

1970
Single peak year

15 babies were named Zipora in 1970 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zipora

The Social Security Administration has registered 45 babies named Zipora between 1957 and 2019, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zipora currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zipora performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zipora shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zipora in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zipora 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 45 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.

Zipora at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

45

Since 1957

63 years of records

Peak year

1970

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1957

Recorded for 63 years

Last year on file: 2019

Zipora popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1957

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1970)
15
Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
05101520 2019201219731971197019691957 5

Zipora by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
25 births that decade — 56% of Zipora's all-time total
1950s51960s51970s252010s10

Zipora by state

Where Zipora concentrates geographically — total births since 1957

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Zipora
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 11.1%
New York share of Zipora's total US births 11.1%

5 of 45 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zipora?
45 babies have been named Zipora since 1957. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1970 with 15 births.
When was Zipora most popular?
Zipora was most popular in the 1970s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 1970.
Where is Zipora most popular?
The top states for the name Zipora are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Zipora been used?
Zipora has been recorded in Social Security data since 1957, spanning 63 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Zipora?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zipporah, Ziporah. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1957–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.