Sapphire — #1036 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sapphire

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,806 babies named Sapphire between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sapphire currently holds the #1036 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 301 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sapphire performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,527 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sapphire shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 483 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sapphire in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sapphire in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,806 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.