Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sapphire

#2,465 most common girls' name of all time · #4,188 across all names · 0% boys / 100% girls · used 1979–2025

Rank among girls
#2,465
Rank overall
#4,188 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
5,048
Since 2016
2,260
Peak year
2022 #914
Best rank
#914 2022
📖The word “sapphire” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 301/yr
198020002020

Sapphire first appears in 1979. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 233 — 233 #1,057
2024 245 — 245 #1,031
2023 264 — 264 #977
2022 301 — 301 #914
2021 226 — 226 #1,098
2020 225 — 225 #1,085
2019 209 — 209 #1,152
2018 207 — 207 #1,165
2017 183 — 183 #1,289
2016 167 — 167 #1,401
2015 149 — 149 #1,518
2014 159 — 159 #1,432
2013 133 — 133 #1,621
2012 128 — 128 #1,670
2011 100 — 100 #1,976
2010 94 — 94 #2,108
2009 120 — 120 #1,807
2008 94 — 94 #2,152
2007 108 — 108 #1,923
2006 95 — 95 #2,077
2005 74 — 74 #2,396
2004 90 — 90 #2,039
2003 86 — 86 #2,076
2002 93 — 93 #1,911
2001 88 — 88 #1,963
2000 96 — 96 #1,816
1999 106 — 106 #1,593
1998 117 — 117 #1,469
1997 96 — 96 #1,650
1996 88 — 88 #1,719
1995 92 — 92 #1,622
1994 97 — 97 #1,581
1993 82 — 82 #1,796
1992 74 — 74 #1,905
1991 66 — 66 #2,071
1990 60 — 60 #2,172
1989 31 — 31 #3,393
1988 46 — 46 #2,416
1987 29 — 29 #3,248
1986 24 — 24 #3,643
1985 17 — 17 #4,625
1984 14 — 14 #5,209
1983 9 — 9 #7,263
1982 11 — 11 #6,339
1981 10 — 10 #6,781
1980 7 — 7 #8,996
1979 5 — 5 #11,848