How Many People Are Named Safiya?
people named Safiya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 122,153 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,831 babies named Safiya in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
168 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of SAFIYYAH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Safiya in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Safiya alive today is about 16 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Safiya first appears in the records in 1973, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 168 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Safiya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,333, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,333.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,333 |
| Best rank | #1,333 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,466 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Safiya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Safiya were born in New York than in any other state: about 604 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Safiya was given 6.8 times as often in New York, 1.9 times in Illinois and 1.5 times in Pennsylvania.
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