Given name

Saphia

Saphia is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Saphia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Saphia through the years

Babies since 1880
108
0 boys · 108 girls
Most popular year
2007
12 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246820002025Highest share 20070.0
Saphia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1981–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 166 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Saphia

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Saphia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Seliah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Sarinah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nakiah

“one who is pure; chaste”

0Not recently recordedEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Samarea

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jhaniah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Aaliah

15Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Somaiya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Saphia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Saphia

A sister for Saphia