Hephzibah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hephzibah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hephzibah: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #1,863, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1863highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1999	#3225
2002	#3409
2003	#4373
2005	#2682
2007	#3667
2008	#2721
2009	#3936
2010	#2843
2012	#2338
2013	#3160
2014	#3160
2015	#3252
2016	#4763
2017	#3229
2018	#2340
2019	#3541
2020	#5493
2021	#3961
2022	#4645
2023	#1863
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1863 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Hephzibah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hephzibah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	32	6 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	68	9 of 10	8
2020s	36	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Hephzibah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1863 in England and Wales in 2023.

Hephzibah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,863, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Era · #1863, 23y
Joella · #1863, 25y
Sariyah · #1863, 19y
Wednesday · #1863, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Joella · #1863, 25y
Wednesday · #1863, 18y
Abeer · #1862, 24y
Dhruvi · #1864, 25y

Hephzibah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hephzibah without appearing here.

Hephzibah moved ahead of

Kristin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1863 and #5687.
Shea Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1863 and #5687.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1863 and #5687.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1863 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Hephzibah

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Dylan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1863 and #1959 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1743.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1863 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1743.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #2705.

Moved the opposite way to Hephzibah

Kristin Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Hephzibah went from #3824 to #1863 while Kristin went from #1176 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Hephzibah went from #3824 to #1863 while Therese went from #3174 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Hephzibah went from #3824 to #1863 while Tracey went from #1450 to #5687.
Josefine Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Hephzibah went from #3225 to #1863 while Josefine went from #3225 to #5687.

What's not yet available

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1863 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hephzibah

Hephzibah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hephzibah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hephzibah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hephzibah and the names beside it

Hephzibah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hephzibah

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Hephzibah at a glance

Hephzibah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hephzibah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hephzibah and the names beside it

Hephzibah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hephzibah

Moved the opposite way to Hephzibah