Saffron

Popularity Trends

The name Saffron is the #7,053 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 686 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 8.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,030 (12.0% percentile) for all time with 686 births since 1974.

Saffron first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (first recorded for girls in 1974). Birth data for Saffron is available in 33 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Saffron reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #935) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Saffron ranks #923 for girls (2.5% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 94.6% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Saffron".

1974 2023 19742023

Key Statistics

Total Births

686

Peak Births

Peak Year

2006

First Recorded

1974

Peak Percentile

3.2%

Current Percentile

2.5%

Peak Rank

#935

Current Rank

#923

Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Saffron", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Saffron.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Saffron's popularity from 1971 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Saffron at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Saffron range from Aliya at 96.9% correlation to Kamryn at 95.9% correlation, with an average correlation level of 96.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Riley with 234.5K births (57% girls) and the least popular is Najma with 844 births (100% girls).

Saffron's share of births peaked at 17.5 births per million for girls in 2006. It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (14% of peak) in 1993. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Saffron had 16.6 births per million, 95% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Aliya

10.4k

96.86% (very strong)

Alizae

1,172

96.57% (very strong)

Maya

115.7k

96.50% (very strong)

Hagen

3,275

96.31% (very strong)

Kiyah

2,291

96.24% (very strong)

Najma

844

96.22% (very strong)

Fatoumata

2,319

96.21% (very strong)

Alyah

1,354

95.99% (very strong)

Riley

234.5k

95.97% (very strong)

Zoe

152.4k

95.94% (very strong)

Edin

1,309

95.92% (very strong)

Kamryn

28.8k

95.89% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Saffron

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Saffron. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Saffron is pronounced as SA-fruhn, which has 2 syllables.

SA-fruhn

100.0%

SA-fruhn (2 syllables)

Verified

100.0% confidence

S AE1 F R AH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like S AE1 F R AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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