NameTides

Safa

Safa was the #1,004 girls' name in the US in 2025 (249 babies), and #111 in England & Wales and #329 in Canada.

Safa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Safa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaIrelandUS
Safa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,004 (249)#111 (425)#272 (13)#483 (7)#329 (95)
2024#1,135 (213)#140 (355)#260 (14)#898 (3)#348 (86)
2023#1,430 (156)#186 (271)#365 (9)#856 (3)#457 (64)
2022#1,648 (128)#227 (206)#531 (5)#905 (3)#615 (46)
2021#1,710 (121)#254 (188)#652 (4)—#746 (39)
2020#1,721 (117)#209 (235)——#808 (35)
2019#1,598 (133)#193 (255)#406 (8)—#719 (41)
2018#1,692 (122)#210 (246)#449 (7)#568 (6)#677 (43)
2017#1,665 (129)#201 (262)#347 (10)—#646 (46)
2016#1,956 (102)#238 (217)——#717 (41)
2015#1,937 (104)#229 (220)#455 (7)#751 (4)#789 (35)
2014#2,096 (92)#221 (232)#802 (3)#752 (4)#685 (42)
2013#2,187 (85)#211 (241)#816 (3)#894 (3)#676 (42)
2012#1,983 (98)#202 (247)#665 (4)—#819 (33)
2011#2,454 (74)#207 (245)#674 (4)—#873 (30)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,004.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1978.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 600common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Safa is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,600 to 1 in 6,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Safa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #180MNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #505NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #618NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,228CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #982TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Safa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#18461
Quebec2025#5408

Safa (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SafaCanadaGirls#32995
SafaCanadaBoys—too few
SafaEngland & WalesGirls#111425
SafaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
SafaIrelandGirls#4837
SafaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SafaScotlandGirls#27213
SafaUSGirls#1,004249
SafaUSBoys—too few