# Sapphire (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sapphire/  
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 | 5,048 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,048 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,792, 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 | 100 | 1,980 |
| 2012 | 128 | 1,671 |
| 2013 | 133 | 1,623 |
| 2014 | 159 | 1,432 |
| 2015 | 149 | 1,518 |
| 2016 | 167 | 1,402 |
| 2017 | 183 | 1,290 |
| 2018 | 207 | 1,169 |
| 2019 | 209 | 1,155 |
| 2020 | 225 | 1,088 |
| 2021 | 226 | 1,097 |
| 2022 | 301 | 913 |
| 2023 | 264 | 977 |
| 2024 | 245 | 1,032 |
| 2025 | 233 | 1,058 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 142 | 338 |
| 2012 | 133 | 362 |
| 2013 | 148 | 317 |
| 2014 | 141 | 326 |
| 2015 | 137 | 345 |
| 2016 | 127 | 366 |
| 2017 | 134 | 350 |
| 2018 | 128 | 361 |
| 2019 | 126 | 349 |
| 2020 | 110 | 393 |
| 2021 | 87 | 483 |
| 2022 | 72 | 541 |
| 2023 | 83 | 477 |
| 2024 | 73 | 533 |
| 2025 | 60 | 642 |

## People named Sapphire

- Elsa Jean, American pornographic actress (born 1996)

## 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.