NameTides

Safia

Safia was the #2,387 girls' name in the US in 2025 (75 babies), and #922 in England & Wales and #1,141 in Canada.

Safia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Safia 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Safia 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#2,387 (75)#922 (38)——#1,141 (23)
2024#3,047 (53)#1,262 (26)#790 (3)—#1,234 (20)
2023#2,674 (65)#832 (43)——#1,491 (15)
2022#2,792 (61)#1,282 (25)——#1,095 (23)
2021#3,037 (54)#1,224 (27)#792 (3)#883 (3)#1,025 (26)
2020#3,338 (46)#992 (34)——#1,758 (12)
2019#3,337 (47)#955 (37)——#1,002 (26)
2018#3,201 (50)#1,059 (33)——#1,440 (16)
2017#3,346 (47)#814 (47)——#1,090 (23)
2016#3,010 (55)#790 (49)#798 (3)—#1,399 (17)
2015#2,846 (61)#845 (44)——#983 (26)
2014#2,969 (57)#688 (57)—#752 (4)#1,340 (18)
2013#2,804 (61)#554 (74)—#747 (4)#1,305 (18)
2012#2,935 (58)#529 (80)#665 (4)#677 (5)#1,194 (21)
2011#3,014 (56)#635 (63)#674 (4)#695 (5)#983 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,387.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 21,000 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 21,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Safia is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 29,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Safia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,235NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: #959OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Safia (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
Quebec2025#5917

Safia (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
SafiaCanadaGirls#1,14123
SafiaEngland & WalesGirls#92238
SafiaIrelandGirls—too few
SafiaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SafiaScotlandGirls—too few
SafiaUSGirls#2,38775