Zilphia
Last seen for girls in 1950 at #4,738
- Peak · girls
- 1888 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 199since 1888
Zilphia over time
Rank among girls' names. Zilphia has never cracked the top 1,000 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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| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
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| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
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| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
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| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
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| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
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| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
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| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
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| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
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| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
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| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
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| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Zilphia! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1896, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Zilphia is popular in 1929
No state had 5 or more girls named Zilphia in 1929, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Zilphia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1950
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1888 at #1,276 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 35,724 girls born in 1888 were named Zilphia (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 285,509 girls born in 1950 (0.00%)
- 40.2% of all girls named Zilphia (80) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 6 | #1,385 (1897) | #1,385 |
| 1900s | 23 | #1,440 (1903) | #1,793 |
| 1910s | 55 | #2,463 (1911) | #3,195 |
| 1920s | 80 | #2,263 (1920) | #3,550 |
| 1930s | 13 | #3,658 (1930) | #3,680 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,954 (1941) | #4,152 |
| 1950s | 6 | #4,738 (1950) | #4,738 |
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.
Zilphia in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 139,570 of them was named Zilphia, which outranked 35.7% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,137Wilna9
- #3,137Wylma9
- #3,137Zara9
- #3,394Zilphia8
- #3,394Adrianne8
- #3,394Alan8
- #3,394Aldene8
- #3,682Adean7
- #3,682Adena7
- #3,682Agueda7
Tied with 287 names at #3,394; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.