Sapphira

Peak · girls
2018 · 62 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
879
since 1975

Sapphira over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sapphira has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #2,744, 2018girls
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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#3,51743
2024#4,20734
2023#3,52544
2022#3,36547
2021#3,61442
2020#4,64828
2019#3,22249
2018#2,74462
2017#3,24749
2016#3,18251
2015#3,42946
2014#3,04155
2013#4,54331
2012#4,83629
2011#5,72823
2010#5,41425
2009#5,09728
2008#6,13022
2007#6,55220
2006#8,23714
2005#13,0107
2004#10,6909
2003#9,67110
2002#8,83711
2001#12,0567
2000#11,8017
1999#12,6886
1998#9,2609
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1996#7,57411
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1994#9,5868
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1992#13,3175
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1990#9,2478
1989#8,7618
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1979#10,2105
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1977#8,4446
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First appearance
1975

The first year at least five girls were named Sapphira! It came in at #7,173, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1976, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Sapphira is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedMINew York: #2,075 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 15,666 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Sapphira, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#2,075 · 1 in 15,666

Best ever in a state: #1,460 in Ohio, 2017.

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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.

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See more about Sapphira
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,131 spots since 2020 (#4,648 → #3,517)
  • 88 spots since 2015 (#3,429 → #3,517)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1975
  • Peaked 2018 at #2,744 (62 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 2 yrs later
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 27,437
  • Highest: 1 in 27,437 girls born in 2018 were named Sapphira (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 37,378 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 47.8% of all girls named Sapphira (420) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s18#7,173 (1975)#8,609
1980s21#8,128 (1981)#8,732
1990s47#7,574 (1996)#10,279
2000s135#5,097 (2009)#9,208
2010s420#2,744 (2018)#3,939
2020s238#3,365 (2022)#3,813

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.

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