Zilpha

Last seen for girls in 1943 at #4,196

Peak · girls
1888 · 17 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
570
since 1880

Zilpha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zilpha has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #612, 1888girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1943#4,1966
1942
1941#2,66811
1940#3,8636
1939
1938#3,1818
1937
1936#2,26313
1935
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1933#4,2185
1932
1931#4,3315
1930#2,69011
1929
1928#2,28415
1927#2,33915
1926#3,2699
1925
1924#2,30816
1923#2,91711
1922#2,47914
1921#2,50914
1920#2,01519
1919#3,8177
1918#1,64524
1917#1,84719
1916#1,86718
1915#1,96416
1914#1,66516
1913#1,22921
1912#1,54013
1911#1,45011
1910#1,33512
1909#1,6078
1908#1,5478
1907#1,5128
1906#1,04313
1905#1,6966
1904#1,4867
1903#1,13710
1902#1,3208
1901#1,6795
1900#1,17111
1899#90613
1898#1,2638
1897#1,1678
1896#1,4166
1895#89313
1894#1,1368
1893#1,0239
1892#95810
1891#1,0937
1890#1,0997
1889#1,2795
1888#61217
1887#1,1475
1886#7789
1885#7938
1884#9306
1883
1882
1881#7406
1880#7386
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Zilpha was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Zilpha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1943
  • Biggest jump: 535 spots in 1888 (#1,147#612)
  • Biggest drop: 667 spots in 1889 (#612#1,279)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #612 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1884–1886
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,507
  • Highest: 1 in 10,507 girls born in 1888 were named Zilpha (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 232,549 girls born in 1943 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 27.5% of all girls named Zilpha (157) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s62#612 (1888)#877
1890s89#893 (1895)#1,095
1900s84#1,043 (1906)#1,420
1910s157#1,229 (1913)#1,836
1920s113#2,015 (1920)#2,515
1930s42#2,263 (1936)#3,337
1940s23#2,668 (1941)#3,576

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Zilpha in 1920

girls
#2,015
19 births · 1 in 63,068 girls

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #2,015Zilpha19
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 63,068 of them was named Zilpha, which outranked 65.1% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zilpha
  1. #1,952Wayne20
  2. #1,952Willow20
  3. #1,952Yola20
  4. #2,015Zilpha19
  5. #2,015Aileene19
  6. #2,015Allen19
  7. #2,015Angelena19
  8. #2,079Alcie18
  9. #2,079Berdena18
  10. #2,079Bill18

Tied with 63 names at #2,015; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920