Girls' name · since 2000
Safina
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 384 babies named Safina, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,863 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,058 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 384
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
384 babies have been named Safina since 2000, making it today's #5058 girls' name.
Safina has 384 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5058 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #13,863 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,058 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 384 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Safina ranks #13,863 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,058 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 384 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,863 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,058 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 384
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Safina's 384 recorded births place it above 80.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Safina compares
384 Top 50% higher than 50% 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
Safina's all-time total is 2% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Safina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 384 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Safina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Safina's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 33, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Safina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #5058 among girls.
384 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 33 births in a single year.
Safina by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (169 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Safina's strongest decade.
169 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Safina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 63
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
169 births
- 2020s
2020s
152 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 169 births (44% of all-time use).
Safina decade highlights
- Peak decade 169 births
- Runner-up 152 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Safina by state
Where Safina concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 91 | 23.7% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 1.6% |
91 of 384 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 23.7% of nationwide
- California 2.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 23.7% of all recorded births nationwide - a strong regional concentration for this name.
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What to do with Safina's data
- Safina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (169 total births) through the 2020s (152) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Safinas (91 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 Safina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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 Safina 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.
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