| Yaffa | Shifra | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Beautiful | Beautiful |
| Origin | hebrew | hebrew |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | YAH-fuh | SHIF-rah |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2025 (23) | 2025 (68) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Steady | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Yaffa | Shifra |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 78 | 291 |
| 2010s | 105 | 425 |
| 2000s | 108 | 361 |
| 1990s | 56 | 248 |
| 1980s | 63 | 207 |
| 1970s | 48 | 123 |
| 1960s | 0 | 33 |
| 1950s | 5 | 17 |
| 1940s | 0 | 5 |
| 1930s | 0 | 5 |
From Hebrew יָפֶה/יָפָה (yafeh/yafah) 'beautiful, lovely'. Yaffa (also Yafit) is a modern Hebrew beauty name; the same root names the city Jaffa ('the beautiful').
From Hebrew Shifrah, from the root sh-p-r meaning 'to be beautiful/fair, to please'. Borne by one of the midwives in Exodus; traditionally glossed 'beautiful'.
Yaffa and Shifra are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Yaffa means Beautiful (hebrew origin), while Shifra means Beautiful (hebrew origin).
In US records, Yaffa first appears in 0 and Shifra in 0, so Yaffa has the longer recorded history.