Safia Girl

How popular is Safia?

#2,387 girl name in 2025

75 baby girls were named Safia in the US in 2025, making it the 2387th most popular girl name.

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1,601living people named Safia (est.)
15median age of people named Safia
1,616babies named Safia since 1880
1 in 44,205US babies born in 2025

Safia popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#2,387 for girls (▲ 660 from 2024)
Babies in 202575 girls
10-year trendRising (+23% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#2,846 in 2015, #3,338 in 2020
Peak year2025 (75 girls)
Highest rank#2,387 in 2025
First recorded1975
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Where Safia is most popular

Babies named Safia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (54 girls)
  2. Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 girls)
  3. Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
  4. Minnesota: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
  5. Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)

Safia by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1970s17#8,059
1980s120#4,184
1990s188#3,445
2000s386#3,251
2010s551#2,803
2020s354#2,387

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Questions

Is Safia a boy or girl name?
Safia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Safia were girls.
How popular is the name Safia?
75 baby girls were named Safia in the US in 2025, making it the 2387th most popular girl name.
When was Safia most popular?
Safia peaked in 2025, when 75 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,387 in 2025.
How many people are named Safia?
1,616 babies have been named Safia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,601 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
Where is Safia most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Safia was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.