Zilpha
Last seen for girls in 1943 at #4,196
- Peak · girls
- 1888 · 17 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 570since 1880
Zilpha over time
Rank among girls' names. Zilpha has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
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| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 |
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| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
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| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 |
| 1899 | #906 | 13 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | #612 | 17 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 |
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.
Where Zilpha is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#388 · 1 in 3,669
Best ever in a state: #388 in Kentucky, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #388 | 8 | 1 in 3,669 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Zilpha
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #612 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1884–1886
- 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%)
- 27.5% of all girls named Zilpha (157) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 62 | #612 (1888) | #877 |
| 1890s | 89 | #893 (1895) | #1,095 |
| 1900s | 84 | #1,043 (1906) | #1,420 |
| 1910s | 157 | #1,229 (1913) | #1,836 |
| 1920s | 113 | #2,015 (1920) | #2,515 |
| 1930s | 42 | #2,263 (1936) | #3,337 |
| 1940s | 23 | #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 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
More about 1927
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1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 79,495 of them was named Zilpha, which outranked 58.2% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,256Wendy16
- #2,256Willodene16
- #2,256Zana16
- #2,339Zilpha15
- #2,339Adriana15
- #2,339Alwilda15
- #2,339Anastacia15
- #2,433Adrian14
- #2,433Agapita14
- #2,433Aldene14
Tied with 93 names at #2,339; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.