Unisex name · since 2000
Safi
Safi has 191 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,251 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,322 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 191
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
191 babies have been named Safi since 2000, making it today's #9322 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Safi has been recorded 191 times among boys since 2000, currently ranked #9322 nationally and more common than 33% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #13,251 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,322 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 191 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Safi ranks #13,251 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,322 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 191 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,251 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,322 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 191
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Safi's 191 recorded births place it above 70.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
How Safi compares
191 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Safi's all-time total is 48% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Safi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 191 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Safi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Safi's full recorded timeline at 2013, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Safi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Safi popularity over time - girls
105 total births recorded since 2012 (Safi as girls' name)
Safi by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (67 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Safi's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Safi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 67 births (35% of all-time use).
Safi by state
Where Safi concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 5.2% |
10 of 191 births nationwide.
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What to do with Safi's data
- Safi's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (67 total births) through the 2020s (62) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Pennsylvania records the most Safis (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania 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 Safi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Safi 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.