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Sapphire

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Sapphire is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 242 births. Its best rank was 913th, in 2022.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
2420.02% of girls
Peak year
2022301 births
Best rank
#913in 2022
Since 1979
4,806people given the name
Babies named Sapphire, by year of birthgirls
012525037550018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

4,806 girls have been named Sapphire in the United States since 1979, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 301 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 32%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Sapphire
1970s5
1980s198
1990s878
2000s943
2010s1,527
2020s1,255

In 2022, its biggest year

Sapphire was the 913th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Sapphire

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.