Meaning and history
Zipporah comes from the Hebrew name צִפּוֹרָה (Tsippora), derived from צִפּוֹר (tsippor), meaning “bird.” In the Old Testament, it is the name of Moses’s Midianite wife, the daughter of the priest Jethro.
20062006: 79 births, rank #2,375
2007: 70 births, rank #2,616
2008: 60 births, rank #2,923
2009: 55 births, rank #3,088
2010: 62 births, rank #2,803
20112011: 42 births, rank #3,659
2012: 61 births, rank #2,832
2013: 65 births, rank #2,681
2014: 77 births, rank #2,371
2015: 73 births, rank #2,471
20162016: 70 births, rank #2,539
2017: 74 births, rank #2,432
2018: 86 births, rank #2,179
2019: 75 births, rank #2,376
2020: 62 births, rank #2,682
20212021: 75 births, rank #2,384
2022: 79 births, rank #2,346
2023: 67 births, rank #2,614
2024: 57 births, rank #2,889
20252025: 83 births, rank #2,214
In 2025, 83 babies were recorded with the name Zipporah, ranking #2,214 among girls.