Safiyya — #6431 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Safiyya

The Social Security Administration has registered 196 babies named Safiyya between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Safiyya currently holds the #6431 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Safiyya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Safiyya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Safiyya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Safiyya 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 196 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.