Boys' name · since 2018
Safan
10 babies named Safan in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,540 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 2018
- 2010s
- peak decade
Safan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 10 recorded since 2018.
Social Security Administration records show Safan recorded 10 times among boys since 2018, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, 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 2018 to 2019.
- #35,540 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 10 born since 2018
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Safan ranks #35,540 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 2018, peaking in the 2010s.
- #35,540 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 2018
- 2010s
- peak decade
Safan's 10 recorded births place it above 21.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Safan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Safan's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded.
Safan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2019
- Peak year (2018)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Safan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Safan's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Safan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Safan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~1 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, 2018–2019 (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 Safan 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.