Girls' name · since 1971
Safiyya
212 babies named Safiyya in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,226 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,224 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
212 babies have been named Safiyya since 1971, making it today's #7224 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Safiyya recorded 212 times among girls since 1971, holding rank #7224 nationally today, ahead of 58% of girls, 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 1971 to 2025.
- #19,226 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,224 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 212 born since 1971
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Safiyya ranks #19,226 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,224 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 212 born since 1971, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,226 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,224 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Safiyya's 212 recorded births place it above 73.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Safiyya compares
212 38th 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
Safiyya's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Safiyya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 212 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Safiyya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Safiyya splits its recorded history at 2016: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Safiyya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Safiyya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (96 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Safiyya's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Safiyya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s
2020s
94 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 96 births (45% of all-time use).
Safiyya by state
Where Safiyya concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 2.8% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 2.4% |
6 of 212 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Safiyya's data
- Safiyya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (96 total births) through the 2020s (94) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Safiyyas (6 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 Safiyya: 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 (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Safiyya 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.