Safiya — #1388 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Safiya

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,662 babies named Safiya between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Safiya currently holds the #1388 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 162 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Safiya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 796 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Safiya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 578 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Safiya in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Safiya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,662 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.