Sapphira
Sapphira was the 3567th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 43 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2776th with 62 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 98 places. More babies were named Sapphira in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,567 girls, up 1,169 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 43girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201862 babies
- Total since 1880
- 879babies recorded
Sapphira popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,567 | 43 |
| 2020 | #4,736 | 28 |
| 2010 | #5,566 | 25 |
| 2000 | #12,884 | 7 |
| 1990 | #9,968 | 8 |
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How popular is Sapphira, counting every spelling?
Sapphira is a spelling of Saphira, a name family that ranked #1,140 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,567 for Sapphira on its own. Together these spellings went to 193 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saphira | 114 | #1,775 | 582 |
| Sapphira | 43 | #3,567 | 210 |
| Safira | 30 | #4,647 | 95 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Sapphira?
43 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sapphira (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sapphira born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 195 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sapphira.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sapphira?
About 900 people born in the US named Sapphira are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 16. That makes Sapphira a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Sapphira by state
How common Sapphira was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Sapphira
How popular is the name Sapphira?
Sapphira was the 3567th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 43 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2776th with 62 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 98 places. More babies were named Sapphira in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Sapphira a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Sapphira in the US.
Where is Sapphira most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sapphira was most common in Florida (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and New York.