How Many People Are Named Sapphire?
people named Sapphire are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 68,356 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,048 babies named Sapphire in Social Security records from 1979 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
301 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the gemstone, the blue birthstone of September, which is derived from Greek σαπφειρος (sappheiros), ultimately from the Hebrew word סַפִּיר (sappir).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sapphire in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sapphire alive today is about 14 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sapphire first appears in the records in 1979 and was given most often in 2022, to 301 babies. In 2025, 233 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1979 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sapphire has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #913, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #1,058.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,058 |
| Best rank | #913 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,485 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sapphire alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sapphire were born in New York than in any other state: about 500 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sapphire was given 2.7 times as often in New York, 1.7 times in Florida and 1.4 times in Ohio.
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