Girls' name · since 1979
Sapphire
5,048 babies named Sapphire in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,562 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,057 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,048
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
5,048 babies have been named Sapphire since 1979, making it today's #1057 girls' name.
Sapphire has 5,048 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1057 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #2,562 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,057 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,048 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sapphire ranks #2,562 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,057 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,048 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,562 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,057 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,048
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sapphire's 5,048 recorded births place it above 96.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Sapphire compares
5,048 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Sapphire's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sapphire | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,048 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 301 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sapphire's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sapphire's full recorded timeline at 2002, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% 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 2022 peak of 301 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sapphire popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 301
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Sapphire by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,529 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Sapphire's strongest decade.
1,529 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Sapphire births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 198
1980s
198 births
- 1990s
1990s
878 births
- 2000s
2000s
944 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,529 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,494 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,529 births (30% of all-time use).
How Sapphire 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 Sapphire's total volume
Sapphire by state
Where Sapphire concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 505 | 10.0% |
| #2 | California | | 483 | 9.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 432 | 8.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 297 | 5.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 157 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 148 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 117 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 95 | 1.9% |
505 of 5,048 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Sapphire appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sapphire's data
- Sapphire's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,529 total births) through the 2020s (1,494) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Sapphires (505 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sapphire: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Sapphire 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.