# Saffron (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/saffron/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Saffy, Saffie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 726 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 726 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,231, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 4,895 |
| 2012 | 34 | 4,371 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,689 |
| 2014 | 25 | 5,432 |
| 2015 | 22 | 5,995 |
| 2016 | 30 | 4,714 |
| 2017 | 21 | 6,006 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,970 |
| 2019 | 26 | 5,142 |
| 2020 | 21 | 5,817 |
| 2021 | 26 | 5,071 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,667 |
| 2023 | 29 | 4,725 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,584 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,783 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 136 | 352 |
| 2012 | 96 | 468 |
| 2013 | 85 | 500 |
| 2014 | 86 | 494 |
| 2015 | 65 | 637 |
| 2016 | 61 | 681 |
| 2017 | 51 | 771 |
| 2018 | 68 | 602 |
| 2019 | 55 | 703 |
| 2020 | 54 | 683 |
| 2021 | 57 | 674 |
| 2022 | 58 | 647 |
| 2023 | 51 | 706 |
| 2024 | 34 | 1,021 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,197 |

## People named Saffron

- Saffron Burrows, British actress, model and writer (born 1972)
- Saffron Henderson, Canadian voice actress
- Saffron Aldridge, English fashion model, freelance journalist and social activist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.