Saphira Girl
How popular is Saphira?
#1,769 girl name in 2025
114 baby girls were named Saphira in the US in 2025, making it the 1769th most popular girl name.
Saphira popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,769 for girls (▼ 112 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 114 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,609 in 2015, #1,893 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (145 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,534 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1996 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Saphira counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Saphira family of names ranked #1,200 for girls in 2025 (#1,275 the year before), with 150 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Saphira | 114 | 76% |
| Safira | 30 | 20% |
| Saphyra | 6 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Saphira is most popular
Babies named Saphira per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Iowa: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- Oregon: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Saphira by decade
Girl names about as popular as Saphira
Questions
- Is Saphira a boy or girl name?
- Saphira is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Saphira were girls.
- How popular is the name Saphira?
- 114 baby girls were named Saphira in the US in 2025, making it the 1769th most popular girl name.
- When was Saphira most popular?
- Saphira peaked in 2008, when 145 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,534 in 2017.
- How many people are named Saphira?
- 2,346 babies have been named Saphira in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,334 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Saphira most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Saphira was most common in Michigan, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.