Sapphira

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sapphira: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,112 in 2004, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2112highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
1999	#3900
2000	#3912
2001	#3998
2003	#3594
2004	#2112
2005	#3970
2006	#2509
2008	#3005
2009	#4564
2010	#3533
2011	#5785
2012	#3681
2013	#4050
2014	#3514
2015	#4103
2016	#3609
2017	#3229
2018	#4684
2019	#5591
2020	#2615
2021	#5581
2023	#4056
2024	#4192

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 England and Wales in 25 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2112 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sapphira 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 Sapphira in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	3 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	42	8 of 10	5
2010s	51	10 of 10	5
2020s	22	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Sapphira appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2112 in England and Wales in 2004.

Sapphira'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,112, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
14 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 25 births →

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.

Saphira · #2195, 21y
Saphire · #1472, 26y
Sapphire · #263, 29y
Sapphire-Rose · #2458, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Akosua · #2112, 23y
Amiira · #2112, 20y
Andriana · #2112, 23y
Raphaela · #2112, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Afua · #2112, 11y
Akosua · #2112, 23y
Andriana · #2112, 23y
Bassam · #2112, 13y

Sapphira 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 Sapphira without appearing here.

Sapphira moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Geraldine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Kristin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Kristine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Sapphira

Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1785.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2499.
Malin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3961.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #2705.

Moved the opposite way to Sapphira

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sapphira went from #2112 to #4192 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Sapphira

Carol Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Sapphira went from #3824 to #5581 and Carol from #897 to #3519.
Karin Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Sapphira went from #3824 to #5581 and Karin from #1802 to #3192.
Tyler Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Sapphira went from #3824 to #5581 and Tyler from #242 to #5581.
Martine Compare
Between 1997 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Sapphira went from #3824 to #5785 and Martine from #1543 to #4764.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2112 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sapphira

Sapphira at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sapphira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Sapphira at a glance

Sapphira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sapphira appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sapphira and the names beside it

Sapphira moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sapphira

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