Sephora
2025 SSA
About Sephora
This lovely name is a softened French version of Tziporah, the biblical wife of Moses. Unfortunately, in the US, it's become attached to the cosmetics franchise.
The brand Sephora claims to have gotten its name "by blending the Biblical name of Zipporah (Moses’ exceptionally beautiful wife) with the ancient Greek term for 'pretty,' sephos." Sephos, however, is not a word, nor is Sephora a blend with anything else — it is a very real variation of Tziporah.
Pronounced se-FOR-uh.
As of October 2026, Sephora ranked #4535 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2915 in 2014.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,915 | 59 | 33 |
| 2015 | #2,996 | 58 | 32.5 |
| 2016 | #3,839 | 40 | 22.6 |
| 2017 | #3,429 | 46 | 26.6 |
| 2018 | #3,043 | 54 | 31.7 |
| 2019 | #3,991 | 37 | 22 |
| 2020 | #4,346 | 32 | 19.8 |
| 2021 | #4,396 | 32 | 19.5 |
| 2022 | #4,277 | 34 | 20.7 |
| 2023 | #3,515 | 45 | 28 |
| 2024 | #4,090 | 36 | 22.2 |
| 2025 | #4,535 | 31 | 19.3 |
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wife of Moses in Cecil B. DeMille's epic film The Ten Commandments (1956)
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spelling used in the Latin Bible