NameTides

Sapphira

Sapphira was the #3,517 girls' name in the US in 2025 (43 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Sapphira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sapphira 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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Sapphira 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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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#3,517 (43)#5,927 (3)—
2024#4,207 (34)#4,193 (5)#2,445 (8)
2023#3,525 (44)#4,057 (5)#1,898 (11)
2022#3,365 (47)—#2,315 (8)
2021#3,614 (42)#5,581 (3)#2,021 (10)
2020#4,648 (28)#2,615 (9)#3,251 (5)
2019#3,222 (49)#5,591 (3)#2,374 (8)
2018#2,744 (62)#4,684 (4)#2,344 (8)
2017#3,247 (49)#3,229 (7)#2,179 (9)
2016#3,182 (51)#3,609 (6)#2,383 (8)
2015#3,429 (46)#4,103 (5)#2,891 (6)
2014#3,041 (55)#3,514 (6)#2,026 (10)
2013#4,543 (31)#4,050 (5)#2,376 (8)
2012#4,836 (29)#3,681 (6)#2,013 (10)
2011#5,728 (23)#5,785 (3)#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #2,744.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 37,000 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 37,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sapphira is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 42,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 32,000 to 1 in 54,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sapphira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sapphira (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
SapphiraCanadaGirls—too few
SapphiraEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
SapphiraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SapphiraUSGirls#3,51743