# Safina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/safina/  
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 | 384 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 384 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 273, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* (female Russian surname): From Russian Сафина (Safina), from Сафин (Safin). Analyzable as Safin + -a.

## 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 | 11 | 10,267 |
| 2012 | 8 | 13,239 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,690 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,414 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8,359 |
| 2016 | 24 | 5,579 |
| 2017 | 18 | 6,761 |
| 2018 | 24 | 5,434 |
| 2019 | 31 | 4,524 |
| 2020 | 21 | 5,818 |
| 2021 | 22 | 5,714 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,177 |
| 2023 | 30 | 4,638 |
| 2024 | 33 | 4,365 |
| 2025 | 26 | 5,073 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## 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.