Girls' name · since 1990
Safaa
Safaa has 515 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,630 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,169 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 515
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Safaa currently ranks #5169 among girls' names in America, with 515 babies recorded since 1990.
Social Security Administration records show Safaa recorded 515 times among girls since 1990, holding rank #5169 nationally today, ahead of 70% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #11,630 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,169 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 515 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Safaa ranks #11,630 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,169 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 515 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,630 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,169 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 515
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Safaa's 515 recorded births place it above 83.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Safaa compares
515 Top 44% higher than 56% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Safaa's all-time total is 37% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Safaa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 515 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Safaa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Safaa's full recorded timeline at 2011, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 34 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Safaa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Safaa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (245 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Safaa's strongest decade.
245 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Safaa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
114 births
- 2010s
2010s
245 births
- 2020s
2020s
129 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 245 births (48% of all-time use).
How Safaa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Safaa's total volume
Safaa by state
Where Safaa concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 35 | 6.8% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 5 | 1.0% |
35 of 515 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Safaa's data
- Safaa's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (245 total births) through the 2020s (129) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Safaas (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Safaa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Safaa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.