Safiya Girl
How popular is Safiya?
#1,326 girl name in 2025
168 baby girls were named Safiya in the US in 2025, making it the 1326th most popular girl name.
Safiya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,326 for girls (▲ 64 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 168 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+147% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,619 in 2015, #1,872 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (168 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,326 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1973 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Safiya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Safiya family of names ranked #976 for girls in 2025 (#1,033 the year before), with 211 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Safiya | 168 | 80% |
| Safiyah | 30 | 14% |
| Saffiyah | 7 | 3% |
| Saffiya | 6 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Safiya is most popular
Babies named Safiya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.5 per 1,000 (181 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.3 per 1,000 (65 girls)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
Safiya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 123 | #2,715 |
| 1980s | 264 | #2,488 |
| 1990s | 242 | #3,494 |
| 2000s | 517 | #2,591 |
| 2010s | 796 | #1,898 |
| 2020s | 889 | #1,326 |
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Questions
- Is Safiya a boy or girl name?
- Safiya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Safiya were girls.
- How popular is the name Safiya?
- 168 baby girls were named Safiya in the US in 2025, making it the 1326th most popular girl name.
- When was Safiya most popular?
- Safiya peaked in 2025, when 168 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,326 in 2025.
- How many people are named Safiya?
- 2,831 babies have been named Safiya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,803 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Safiya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Safiya was most common in New York, at 0.5 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.