Sapphire

Girl · recorded 1979–2025

  • #1,057in 2025
  • 1 in 6,898girls in 2025
  • +74%last ten years
  • 1.8×in Tennessee

Most popular in 2022, and up 74% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1979

09218419791991200220142025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 47 recorded years as a table
Sapphire, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19793
19804
19816
19826
19835
19848
198510
198614
198717
198826
198917
199032
199135
199240
199345
199454
199552
199650
199755
199866
199960
200053
200149
200252
200347
200449
200540
200650
200756
200850
200965
201053
201157
201273
201376
201489
201583
201694
2017106
2018122
2019125
2020139
2021138
2022184
2023165
2024151
2025145

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Tennessee 1.8×
  2. New York 1.7×
  3. Ohio 1.7×
  4. Florida 1.6×
  5. Pennsylvania 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
233
Rank in 2025
#1,057
How rare
1 in 6,898 girls
Since 1979
5,048

Most popular in 2022, at 184 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 74% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Tennessee1.8×26
New York1.7×62
Ohio1.7×37
Florida1.6×64
Pennsylvania1.5×33

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.