Girls' name · since 1975
Sapphira
Sapphira has 879 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,199 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,545 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 879
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sapphira currently ranks #3545 among girls' names in America, with 879 babies recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Sapphira recorded 879 times among girls since 1975, holding rank #3545 nationally today, ahead of 80% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #8,199 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,545 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 879 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sapphira ranks #8,199 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,545 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 879 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,199 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,545 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 879
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sapphira's 879 recorded births place it above 88.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sapphira compares
879 Top 34% higher than 66% of 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
Sapphira's all-time total is 134% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sapphira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 879 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 62 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sapphira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sapphira's full recorded timeline at 2007, 83% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 17% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 62 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sapphira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 62
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Sapphira by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (420 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Sapphira's strongest decade.
420 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Sapphira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s 47
1990s
47 births
- 2000s 135
2000s
135 births
- 2010s
2010s
420 births
- 2020s
2020s
238 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 420 births (48% of all-time use).
How Sapphira compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sapphira's total volume
Sapphira by state
Where Sapphira concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 42 | 4.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 23 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 16 | 1.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.6% |
42 of 879 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Sapphira's data
- Sapphira's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (420 total births) through the 2020s (238) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Sapphiras (42 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sapphira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Sapphira 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.