NameTides

Sapphire

Sapphire was the #1,057 girls' name in the US in 2025 (233 babies), and #642 in England & Wales and #1,495 in Canada.

Sapphire as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Sapphire as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandUSCanada
Sapphire as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#1,057 (233)#642 (60)#632 (4)#334 (4)#1,495 (16)
2024#1,027 (245)#533 (73)#638 (4)—#1,409 (17)
2023#976 (264)#477 (83)—#328 (4)#2,027 (10)
2022#910 (301)#541 (72)#531 (5)—#1,166 (21)
2021#1,095 (226)#483 (87)#792 (3)—#1,082 (24)
2020#1,085 (225)#393 (110)——#1,662 (13)
2019#1,149 (209)#349 (126)——#1,471 (16)
2018#1,162 (207)#361 (128)#809 (3)—#1,567 (14)
2017#1,287 (183)#350 (134)#501 (6)#263 (6)#1,179 (21)
2016#1,394 (167)#366 (127)#675 (4)—#1,280 (19)
2015#1,513 (149)#345 (137)#509 (6)—#1,080 (23)
2014#1,427 (159)#326 (141)#802 (3)—#2,026 (10)
2013#1,616 (133)#317 (148)#663 (4)—#1,686 (13)
2012#1,663 (128)#362 (133)#467 (7)—#1,531 (15)
2011#1,968 (100)#338 (142)#674 (4)—#1,672 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #910.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1979.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,900 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 6,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sapphire is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,100 to 1 in 8,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sapphire by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #731NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: 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: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,352TXFlorida: #768FL
Sapphire (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2848

Sapphire (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SapphireCanadaGirls#1,49516
SapphireEngland & WalesGirls#64260
SapphireNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
SapphireScotlandGirls#6324
SapphireUSGirls#1,057233