Saphire
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAF-ire
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Saphire is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “the blue gemstone sapphire”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Saphire mean?
English: spelling of Sapphire; via Latin and Greek, probably from Hebrew sappir
“the blue gemstone sapphire”
Spelling of Sapphire, the blue gemstone that is September's birthstone.
Is Saphire a girl's or a boy's name?
Saphire is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saphire in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Saphire in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Saphire in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Saphire in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Saphire, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Saphire in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 253 girls in the US were given Saphire or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #930, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Saphire in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,289 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,191 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,482 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
Names like Saphire
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Safa Sapphire Ellie Jasmine Zainab Chloe Sophie Esme Scarlett Aoife Zoe
Other spellings of Saphire
Names related to Saphire
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Saphire: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saphire, updated 20 October 2026.