Ziporah
Zipporah is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as the wife of Moses, and the daughter of Jethro, the priest and prince of Midian.
Meaning & Origin of Ziporah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zipporah is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as the wife of Moses, and the daughter of Jethro, the priest and prince of Midian.
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Origin & history
The Story of Ziporah
The earliest SSA record of Ziporah as a baby girl name dates back to 1999, when 6 babies received it. 1999 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Ziporah — #12,688 in the national rankings. About 48% of every Ziporah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Ziporah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 21 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Ziporah
Ziporah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 21 births in the dataset. Ziporah's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #12,688. Use the chart and map above to compare Ziporah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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