Girls' name · since 1995
Saphyre
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 139 babies named Saphyre, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,587 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,351 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 139
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
139 babies have been named Saphyre since 1995, making it today's #11351 girls' name.
Saphyre has 139 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11351 as of the latest data, more common than 34% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #23,587 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,351 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 139 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saphyre ranks #23,587 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,351 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 139 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,587 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,351 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 139
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Saphyre's 139 recorded births place it above 67.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Saphyre compares
139 30th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Saphyre's all-time total is 63% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saphyre | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 139 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Saphyre's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Saphyre's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Saphyre popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Saphyre by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (57 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Saphyre's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Saphyre births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
57 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 57 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Saphyre's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (57 total births) through the 2020s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Saphyre: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Saphyre draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.