Saphira

#1,769 for girls in 2025, 114 births

Peak · girls
2017 · 143 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,346
since 1996

Saphira over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Saphira has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #1,534, 2017girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,769114
2024#1,657124
2023#1,903104
2022#1,692123
2021#1,750117
2020#1,893101
2019#1,642129
2018#1,727119
2017#1,534143
2016#1,785116
2015#1,609133
2014#1,746119
2013#1,744118
2012#1,639131
2011#1,840109
2010#1,959102
2009#1,742125
2008#1,573145
2007#1,689130
2006#11,4179
2005#14,5026
2004#12,7617
2003#13,8446
2002#13,5956
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First appearance
1996

The first year at least five girls were named Saphira! It came in at #13,518, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1996–2001, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Saphira is popular in 2014

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,265 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,435 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedIAIndiana: #671 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,393 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,114 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,601 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,337 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 23,296 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedDEArizona: #1,102 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,341 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,202 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,520 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Saphira, so not publishedTXFlorida: #1,570 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,961 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Indiana#671 · 1 in 3,393
  2. Arizona#1,102 · 1 in 6,341
  3. Pennsylvania#1,114 · 1 in 7,601
  4. North Carolina#1,202 · 1 in 7,520
  5. Michigan#1,265 · 1 in 8,435

Best ever in a state: #321 in New Mexico, 2015.

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Indiana#67191 in 3,393
Arizona#1,10251 in 6,341
Pennsylvania#1,11471 in 7,601
North Carolina#1,20261 in 7,520
Michigan#1,26551 in 8,435
Florida#1,57071 in 11,961
California#2,33791 in 23,296
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Saphira
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 112 spots since 2024 (#1,657 → #1,769)
  • 124 spots since 2020 (#1,893 → #1,769)
  • 160 spots since 2015 (#1,609 → #1,769)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1996
  • Peaked 2017 at #1,534 (143 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,073
  • Highest: 1 in 12,073 girls born in 2017 were named Saphira (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,099 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 52.0% of all girls named Saphira (1,219) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s10#13,518 (1996)#13,965
2000s434#1,573 (2008)#8,890
2010s1,219#1,534 (2017)#1,723
2020s683#1,657 (2024)#1,777

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Saphira in 2014

girls
#1,746
119 births · 1 in 15,011 girls

Top girls' names in 2014

  1. #1Emma20,970
  2. #2Olivia19,840
  3. #3Sophia18,644
  4. #4Isabella17,136
  5. #5Ava15,727
  6. #6Mia13,534
  7. #7Emily12,670
  8. #8Abigail12,114
  9. #9Madison10,333
  10. #10Charlotte10,123
  11. #1,746Saphira119
More about 2014

girls

1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 15,011 of them was named Saphira, which outranked 90.9% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Saphira
  1. #1,736Rosalia120
  2. #1,736Stephany120
  3. #1,736Zaya120
  4. #1,746Saphira119
  5. #1,746Annalisa119
  6. #1,746Anylah119
  7. #1,746Jackie119
  8. #1,757Braylynn118
  9. #1,757Emelyn118
  10. #1,757Estefany118

Tied with 10 names at #1,746; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
  2. ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
  3. ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
  4. ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
  5. ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Miley#386 → #787
  2. ↓ 345Karly#988 → #1,333
  3. ↓ 318Britney#838 → #1,156
  4. ↓ 239Kaya#761 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 235Rihanna#938 → #1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2014 →