Zelpha · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Zelpha.

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Its story

Popularity since 1886

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 65 recorded years as a table

Zelpha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1886	48
1887	48
1888	28
1889	39
1890	26
1891	70
1892	61
1893	38
1894	31
1895	30
1896	29
1897	47
1898	35
1899	39
1900	33
1901	25
1902	34
1903	50
1904	65
1905	58
1906	17
1907	47
1908	39
1909	40
1910	33
1911	50
1912	29
1913	26
1914	29
1915	33
1916	37
1917	32
1918	30
1919	24
1920	13
1921	25
1922	24
1923	21
1924	30
1925	25
1926	22
1927	15
1928	19
1929	19
1930	12
1931	20
1932	16
1933	11
1934	11
1935	11
1936	12
1937	7
1938	7
1939	5
1940	8
1942	7
1943	11
1946	7
1948	4
1950	4
1953	4
1954	3
1955	4
1956	3
1957	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Zelpha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1957: 6
Rank in 1957: #5,377
How rare: 1 in 340,808 girls
Since 1886: 956

Zelpha was last recorded in 1957. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1891, at 70 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Zelpha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.