How Many People Are Named Safiyyah?
people named Safiyyah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 451,499 people in the US has this name
Based on 768 babies named Safiyyah in Social Security records from 1976 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
36 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of SAFI. This was the name of one of the wives of Muhammad.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Safiyyah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Safiyyah alive today is about 20 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Safiyyah first appears in the records in 1976, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 36 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1976 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Safiyyah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,600, in 1981. In 2025 it ranked #4,051.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,051 |
| Best rank | #3,600 (1981) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,208 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Safiyyah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Safiyyah were born in New York than in any other state: about 37 of those alive today.
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