Sapphire
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAF-ire
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #622 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,057 for girls
Sapphire is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “blue gemstone”. In 2025 it ranked 622nd for girls in the UK (68 babies) and 1,057th for girls in the US (233 babies).
What does Sapphire mean?
English: gemstone name, from Greek via Latin
“blue gemstone”
A gemstone name; the sapphire is the traditional birthstone for September.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sapphire a girl's or a boy's name?
Sapphire is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 68 girls in the UK and 233 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sapphire in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #622among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 68about 1 in 4,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 68 girls in the UK were named Sapphire, making it the 622nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 420th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 152 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Sapphire than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Sapphire in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 642nd in England and Wales, 632nd in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
Sapphire in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #622 |
| 2024 | 77 | #554 |
| 2023 | 88 | #496 |
| 2022 | 77 | #555 |
| 2021 | 90 | #512 |
| 2020 | 112 | #420 |
| 2019 | 128 | #376 |
| 2018 | 131 | #379 |
| 2017 | 146 | #350 |
| 2016 | 131 | #385 |
| 2015 | 143 | #361 |
| 2014 | 144 | #353 |
| 2013 | 152 | #342 |
| 2012 | 140 | #379 |
| 2011 | 146 | #360 |
| 2010 | 103 | #455 |
| 2009 | 102 | #453 |
| 2008 | 79 | #536 |
| 2007 | 86 | #497 |
| 2006 | 97 | #453 |
| 2005 | 71 | #525 |
| 2004 | 72 | #507 |
| 2003 | 65 | #535 |
| 2002 | 66 | #501 |
| 2001 | 66 | #496 |
| 2000 | 58 | #543 |
| 1999 | 66 | #495 |
| 1998 | 67 | #490 |
| 1997 | 58 | #527 |
| 1996 | 61 | #499 |
How popular is Sapphire in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,057among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 233about 1 in 6,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 233 girls in the US were named Sapphire, making it the 1,057th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,085th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 301 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Sapphire in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 253 girls in the US were given Sapphire or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #930, up from #1,057 for this spelling alone.
Sapphire in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 233 | #1,057 |
| 2024 | 245 | #1,027 |
| 2023 | 264 | #976 |
| 2022 | 301 | #910 |
| 2021 | 226 | #1,095 |
| 2020 | 225 | #1,085 |
| 2019 | 209 | #1,149 |
| 2018 | 207 | #1,162 |
| 2017 | 183 | #1,287 |
| 2016 | 167 | #1,394 |
| 2015 | 149 | #1,513 |
| 2014 | 159 | #1,427 |
| 2013 | 133 | #1,616 |
| 2012 | 128 | #1,663 |
| 2011 | 100 | #1,968 |
| 2010 | 94 | #2,093 |
| 2009 | 120 | #1,792 |
| 2008 | 94 | #2,137 |
| 2007 | 108 | #1,908 |
| 2006 | 95 | #2,069 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 90 | #2,028 |
| 2003 | 86 | #2,060 |
| 2002 | 93 | #1,895 |
| 2001 | 88 | #1,953 |
| 2000 | 96 | #1,797 |
| 1999 | 106 | #1,578 |
| 1998 | 117 | #1,456 |
| 1997 | 96 | #1,636 |
| 1996 | 88 | #1,709 |
| 1995 | 92 | #1,610 |
| 1994 | 97 | #1,570 |
| 1993 | 82 | #1,772 |
| 1992 | 74 | #1,889 |
| 1991 | 66 | #2,052 |
| 1990 | 60 | #2,148 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Sapphire
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme Saoirse Aoife Scarlett Summer Harper Sage Safa Willow Primrose Wren Sylvie
Other spellings of Sapphire
Names related to Sapphire
More English names
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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, “Sapphire: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sapphire, updated 20 October 2026.