NameTides

Safiya

Safiya was the #1,326 girls' name in the US in 2025 (168 babies), and #455 in England & Wales and #708 in Canada.

Safiya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Safiya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandUS
Safiya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, 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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,326 (168)#455 (88)#780 (3)——#708 (42)
2024#1,390 (162)#481 (84)——#736 (4)#753 (39)
2023#1,421 (157)#461 (86)———#958 (27)
2022#1,486 (147)#534 (73)——#747 (4)#781 (35)
2021#1,419 (152)#640 (60)———#1,025 (26)
2020#1,872 (103)#578 (68)———#880 (31)
2019#1,898 (105)#651 (60)———#1,104 (23)
2018#2,190 (85)#503 (85)——#896 (3)#1,031 (25)
2017#2,074 (94)#526 (82)———#881 (31)
2016#2,188 (88)#585 (72)———#847 (32)
2015#2,619 (68)#564 (77)———#1,202 (20)
2014#2,442 (74)#527 (80)——#752 (4)#1,108 (23)
2013#2,484 (72)#519 (80)———#1,255 (19)
2012#2,770 (63)#480 (92)#815 (3)#383 (4)—#1,142 (22)
2011#2,483 (73)#444 (96)———#1,500 (15)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,326.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,500 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 9,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Safiya is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,800 to 1 in 9,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Safiya 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: #709ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #496NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #487PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: 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: #936VAMaryland: 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: #2,386TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Safiya (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#43811
Ontario2024#56422

Safiya (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
SafiyaCanadaGirls#70842
SafiyaEngland & WalesGirls#45588
SafiyaIrelandGirls—too few
SafiyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SafiyaScotlandGirls#7803
SafiyaUSGirls#1,326168