Saffron

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Saffron: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Saffron: Recorded since 1992, it reached #133 in 2000, and it stood at #1,021 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
59times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#133highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#239
1997	#195
1998	#168
1999	#149
2000	#133
2001	#163
2002	#152
2003	#185
2004	#205
2005	#241
2006	#248
2007	#304
2008	#321
2009	#387
2010	#370
2011	#352
2012	#468
2013	#500
2014	#494
2015	#637
2016	#681
2017	#771
2018	#602
2019	#703
2020	#683
2021	#674
2022	#647
2023	#706
2024	#1021

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 18 of the 31 years from 1992 to 2022.

In 2022: #647 among girls in England and Wales, #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1992–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #456 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #133 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1021 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Saffron appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 4,204 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1992.

Saffron across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Saffron's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#456 (1992)	#380 (1998)	#905 (2022)	18 of 31	76 (1992–2022)	8 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#239 (1996)	#133 (2000)	#1021 (2024)	29 of 29	4,204 (1996–2024)	345 (2000)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#259 (1999)	#259 (1999)	#446 (2021)	12 of 23	43 (1999–2021)	5 (1999)

Saffron by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Saffron in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	961	4 of 10	240
2000sbusiest	2,163	10 of 10	216
2010s	826	10 of 10	83
2020s	254	5 of 10	51

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 216 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2000 and 2001, when recorded births fell by 74, from 345 to 271.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Saffron appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #133 in England and Wales in 2000.

Saffron's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1021	34	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#706	51	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#647	58	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#674	57	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#683	54	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#703	55	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#602	68	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#771	51	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#681	61	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#637	65	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#494	86	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#500	85	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#468	96	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#352	136	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#370	123	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#387	109	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#321	142	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#304	153	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#248	189	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#241	188	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#205	225	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#185	253	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#152	288	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#163	271	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#133	345	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#149	313	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#168	258	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#195	224	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#239	166	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#316	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#267	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#259	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#501	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1992 and 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #133, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 345 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Safina · #1126, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jordon · #133, 30y
Betsy · #132, 29y
Aoibh · #135, 28y
Iarla · #135, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jordon · #133, 30y
Tess · #133, 32y
Ariella · #132, 30y
Betsy · #132, 29y

Saffron was ranked #133 in England and Wales · Girls in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Saffron and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Saffron without appearing here.

Saffron moved ahead of

Kathleen Compare
In 2017 they stood at #771 and #701 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #602 and #920.
Jenna Compare
In 2019 they stood at #703 and #703 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #683 and #955.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #771 and #771 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #602 and #843.
Nicola Compare
In 2017 they stood at #771 and #715 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #602 and #843.

Moved ahead of Saffron

Rita Compare
In 2023 they stood at #706 and #851 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1021 and #625.
Elin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #706 and #888 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1021 and #722.
Ida Compare
In 2014 they stood at #494 and #516 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #637 and #361.
Blake Compare
In 2016 they stood at #681 and #768 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #771 and #499.

Moved the opposite way to Saffron

Abigail Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saffron went from #456 to #905 while Abigail went from #417 to #84.
Alex Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saffron went from #456 to #905 while Alex went from #523 to #284.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saffron went from #456 to #905 while Caoimhe went from #61 to #24.
Cara Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saffron went from #456 to #905 while Cara went from #229 to #33.

Moved the same way as Saffron

Aoife Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saffron went from #456 to #905 and Aoife from #4 to #30.
Audrey Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saffron went from #456 to #905 and Audrey from #229 to #905.
Eileen Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saffron went from #456 to #905 and Eileen from #161 to #357.
Martina Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saffron went from #456 to #905 and Martina from #125 to #389.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #133 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Saffron

Saffron at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saffron across 3 official records

Saffron by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Saffron appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Saffron and the names beside it

Saffron moved ahead of

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Saffron at a glance

Saffron across 3 official records

Saffron by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Saffron appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Saffron

Saffron and the names beside it

Saffron moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Saffron

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