girls:
884 births since 1987
#4832 (15th percentile)
overall:
884 births since 1987
#6855 (11th percentile)
The name Saphire is the #6,855 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 884 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 11.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,832 (15.4% percentile) for all time with 884 births since 1987.
Saphire first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (first recorded for girls in 1987).
For girls, Saphire reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #941) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Saphire ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 33.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Saphire".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Saphire. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.5% confident that Saphire is pronounced as SA-fai-er, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SA-fire, at 35.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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