Sapphira
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Sapphira is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Sapphira mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sapphira a girl's or a boy's name?
Sapphira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sapphira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Sapphira, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sapphira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Sapphira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Sapphira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,516th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Sapphira, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Sapphira in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sapphira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,743 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,247 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 46 | #3,429 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
Names like Sapphira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Amira, Liyana, Syeda, Khadija, Amara, Ayra, Sienna, Hafsa, Anaya, Yusra, Amaya
Names related to Sapphira
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Sapphira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sapphira, updated 20 October 2026.