Girls' name · since 2005
Sapphyre
79 babies named Sapphyre in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,808 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,122 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 79
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sapphyre is the #16122 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 79 recorded since 2005.
Sapphyre has 79 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16122 as of the latest data, more common than 7% 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 2005 to 2025.
- #29,808 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,122 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 79 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sapphyre ranks #29,808 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,122 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 79 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,808 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,122 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 79
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sapphyre's 79 recorded births place it above 58.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sapphyre compares
79 21st 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
Sapphyre's all-time total is 79% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sapphyre | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 79 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sapphyre's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sapphyre's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sapphyre popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Sapphyre by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (52 births, 66% of the file).
2010s was Sapphyre's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Sapphyre births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 52 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Sapphyre's decade-level peak was the 2010s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sapphyre: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Sapphyre 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.