NameTides

Saphira

Saphira was the #1,769 girls' name in the US in 2025 (114 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Saphira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Saphira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Saphira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,769 (114)#3,705 (6)#3,478 (5)
2024#1,657 (124)#2,772 (9)#1,833 (12)
2023#1,903 (104)#2,689 (9)#1,582 (14)
2022#1,692 (123)#3,971 (5)#1,635 (13)
2021#1,750 (117)#2,341 (11)#2,185 (9)
2020#1,893 (101)#3,117 (7)#1,662 (13)
2019#1,642 (129)#4,686 (4)#1,231 (20)
2018#1,727 (119)#5,666 (3)#1,862 (11)
2017#1,534 (143)#4,063 (5)#1,784 (12)
2016#1,785 (116)#2,757 (9)#3,294 (5)
2015#1,609 (133)#2,195 (12)#1,659 (13)
2014#1,746 (119)#3,514 (6)#1,600 (14)
2013#1,744 (118)#3,160 (7)#1,133 (22)
2012#1,639 (131)#2,717 (9)#1,055 (24)
2011#1,840 (109)#4,049 (5)#1,154 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #1,534.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Saphira is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Saphira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,714TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Saphira (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SaphiraCanadaGirls#3,4785
SaphiraEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
SaphiraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SaphiraUSGirls#1,769114