Saffron
2025 SSA
About Saffron
Spice names are increasingly appealing to the senses of prospective parents; this one, belonging to a precious spice derived from the crocus has a vaguely orange-scented-incense sixties feel.
English actress Saffron Burrows is an attractive current representative, and on the cult classic British TV series Absolutely Fabulous, Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon was the one sane member of her household. Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon has a grown daughter named Saffron.
Saffron can also be considered a color name via its distinctive yellow hue.
Pronounced SAF-run.
As of October 2026, Saffron ranked #6783 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3964 in 2000, Nameberry popularity #885.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | #4,714 | 30 | 16.9 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | #4,718 | 29 | 18.1 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
World rankings
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Saffron on lists
Famous Saffrons
- Saffron Aldridge
English model
- Saffron Domini Burrows
English model and actress.
- Saffron Herndon
American comedienne
- Saffron
stage name of Samantha Marie Sprackling, Nigerian lead singer of Republica
- Saffron Coomber
English actress
- Saffron Henderson
Canadian voice actress and singer; daughter of singer Bill Henderson
- Saffron Sahara Le Bon (b. 1991)
daughter of singer Simon and Yasmin Le Bon
- Saffron Ursula Louisa Licuria (b. 2009)
daughter of Australian rules footballer Paul Licuria
- Saffron Rose Kiran Kanal (b. 2013)
daughter of bassist Tony Kanal of No Doubt
- Saffron Barker
vlogger
Saffron in pop culture
- Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon
character on TV's Absolutely Fabulous
- Saffron
wife of Malcolm Reynolds in "Firefly"
- Saffron "Saffy" Casson
in the "Casson Family" series
- Saffron
character in Super Paper Mario for Wii
- Saffron
character in Princess Poppy series
- Saffron
character in the manga series Ranma ½
- Saffron Masala
character in animated series "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic"
- Saffron
mentioned in "Mellow Yellow" by Donovan ("I'm just mad about Saffron/She's just mad about me")
- Saffron City
city in the video game series Pokémon
- Saffron
character in TV's "Imposters"
- Saffron Coulter
character in Foz Meadows' "Manifold Worlds" series