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Hephzibah

#10,401 in 2025Girls' name

My delight is in her

Hephzibah has been given to 151 babies in the U.S. since 2001. In 2025 it ranked #10,401 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Hephzibah, 2025

1 in 368,000

Hephzibah over time, 1880–2025

Girls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hephzibah: meaning, origin, and history

My delight is in her

Hebrew

What Hephzibah means

Hephzibah means “my delight is in her”, associated with ḥep̄ṣî-ḇāh.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Biblical Hebrew חֶפְצִי־בָהּ (ḥep̄ṣî-ḇāh, “my delight is in her”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Hephzibah (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Hephzibah is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Hephzibah is pronounced /ˈhɛpzɪbə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 151 girls were recorded with the name Hephzibah between 2001 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2012; its best national rank was #9,864 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,580 in 2020 to #10,401 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,402 in 2015 to #10,401 in 2025.

How common is Hephzibah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 179,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#10,401
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hephzibah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hephzibah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hephzibahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hephzibah was born before 2016 — so the typical Hephzibah is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
49.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
151
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 49.7% of all recorded uses (75).

Is Hephzibah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,084
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+179
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
0.90×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
90.0%
Peak was 2012 (10)
Years since peak
13
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#9,864
2023

Hephzibah around the world

Where Hephzibah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2023–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1984–1984
    #661
    in 1984

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Hephzibah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,401
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 179
Best rank ever
#9,864
2023
Peak year
2012
10 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
151
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Hephzibah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Hephzibah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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