Zelpha
Last seen for girls in 1957 at #5,377
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 956since 1886
Zelpha over time
Rank among girls' names. Zelpha has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 |
| 1925 | #1,466 | 31 |
| 1924 | #1,301 | 38 |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 |
| 1919 | #1,527 | 27 |
| 1918 | #1,277 | 35 |
| 1917 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1916 | #1,127 | 39 |
| 1915 | #1,231 | 32 |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 |
| 1911 | #958 | 21 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #900 | 17 |
| 1904 | #853 | 18 |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 |
| 1892 | #830 | 13 |
| 1891 | #750 | 13 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 |
| 1885 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Zelpha! It came in at #897, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1941, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Zelpha is popular in 1886
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Zelpha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1957
- Biggest jump: 961 spots in 1907 (#1,951 → #990)
- Biggest drop: 1,051 spots in 1906 (#900 → #1,951)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1891 at #750 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1903–1905
- Highest: 1 in 14,268 girls born in 1891 were named Zelpha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 340,809 girls born in 1957 (0.00%)
- 26.8% of all girls named Zelpha (256) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #897 (1886) | #1,034 |
| 1890s | 89 | #750 (1891) | #1,109 |
| 1900s | 120 | #853 (1904) | #1,182 |
| 1910s | 256 | #958 (1911) | #1,277 |
| 1920s | 256 | #1,301 (1924) | #1,708 |
| 1930s | 119 | #1,686 (1931) | #2,625 |
| 1940s | 51 | #2,352 (1943) | #3,150 |
| 1950s | 39 | #4,226 (1953) | #4,926 |
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.
Zelpha in 1886
Top girls' names in 1886
More about 1886
girls
144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 20,648 of them was named Zelpha, which outranked 30.0% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).