Girls' name · since 1998
Safiatou
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 149 babies named Safiatou, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,858 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,623 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
149 babies have been named Safiatou since 1998, making it today's #8623 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Safiatou has been recorded 149 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #8623 nationally and more common than 50% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #22,858 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,623 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 149 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Safiatou ranks #22,858 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,623 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 149 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,858 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,623 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Safiatou's 149 recorded births place it above 68.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Safiatou compares
149 31st percentile among 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
Safiatou's all-time total is 60% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Safiatou | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 149 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Safiatou's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Safiatou's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Safiatou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Safiatou by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (55 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Safiatou's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Safiatou births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 55 births (37% of all-time use).
Safiatou by state
Where Safiatou concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 149 births nationwide.
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What to do with Safiatou's data
- Safiatou's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (55 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Safiatous (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Safiatou: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Safiatou 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.