# Safa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/safa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,945 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 2,939 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,904, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74 | 2,478 |
| 2012 | 98 | 1,999 |
| 2013 | 85 | 2,206 |
| 2014 | 92 | 2,112 |
| 2015 | 104 | 1,949 |
| 2016 | 102 | 1,969 |
| 2017 | 129 | 1,672 |
| 2018 | 122 | 1,705 |
| 2019 | 133 | 1,605 |
| 2020 | 117 | 1,726 |
| 2021 | 121 | 1,719 |
| 2022 | 128 | 1,657 |
| 2023 | 156 | 1,438 |
| 2024 | 213 | 1,139 |
| 2025 | 249 | 1,007 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 11,987 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 245 | 207 |
| 2012 | 247 | 202 |
| 2013 | 241 | 211 |
| 2014 | 232 | 221 |
| 2015 | 220 | 229 |
| 2016 | 217 | 238 |
| 2017 | 262 | 201 |
| 2018 | 246 | 210 |
| 2019 | 255 | 193 |
| 2020 | 235 | 209 |
| 2021 | 188 | 254 |
| 2022 | 206 | 227 |
| 2023 | 271 | 186 |
| 2024 | 355 | 140 |
| 2025 | 425 | 111 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.