Saffron
#8,696 most common girls' name of all time · #14,516 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1974–2025
Rank among girls
#8,696
Rank overall
#14,516 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
726
Since 2016
232
Peak year
2006 #4,122
Best rank
#3,940 2000
Girls
Boys
peak 36/yr
Saffron first appears in 1974. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,645 |
| 2024 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,502 |
| 2023 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,692 |
| 2022 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,550 |
| 2021 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,013 |
| 2020 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,741 |
| 2019 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,085 |
| 2018 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,865 |
| 2017 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,901 |
| 2016 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,666 |
| 2015 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,913 |
| 2014 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,358 |
| 2013 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,509 |
| 2012 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,338 |
| 2011 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,855 |
| 2010 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,321 |
| 2009 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,294 |
| 2008 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,347 |
| 2007 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,869 |
| 2006 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,122 |
| 2005 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,030 |
| 2004 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,078 |
| 2003 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,736 |
| 2002 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,564 |
| 2001 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,275 |
| 2000 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,940 |
| 1999 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,026 |
| 1998 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,750 |
| 1997 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,335 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,143 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,815 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,323 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,257 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,474 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,132 |