Sapir
Sapir is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Sapir
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sapir is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Sapir
Sapir first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1993, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2006: 9 births, good for #11,416 nationwide. About 49% of every Sapir on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Sapir last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 76 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Sapir
Phonetically similar names — useful when Sapir is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Sabir
- Soupir
- Sibir
- Supper
- Spear
- Speer
- Spir
- Speir
- Sappier
- Suppler
- Sapr
- Sapiro
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Sapir
Sapir is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 76 births in the dataset. Sapir's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #11,416. Use the chart and map above to compare Sapir's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.