# Safiya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/safiya/  
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 | 2,831 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,831 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,984, 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 | 73 | 2,507 |
| 2012 | 63 | 2,798 |
| 2013 | 72 | 2,502 |
| 2014 | 74 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 68 | 2,642 |
| 2016 | 88 | 2,204 |
| 2017 | 94 | 2,085 |
| 2018 | 85 | 2,204 |
| 2019 | 105 | 1,912 |
| 2020 | 103 | 1,880 |
| 2021 | 152 | 1,423 |
| 2022 | 147 | 1,487 |
| 2023 | 157 | 1,428 |
| 2024 | 162 | 1,393 |
| 2025 | 168 | 1,333 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 96 | 444 |
| 2012 | 92 | 480 |
| 2013 | 80 | 519 |
| 2014 | 80 | 527 |
| 2015 | 77 | 564 |
| 2016 | 72 | 585 |
| 2017 | 82 | 526 |
| 2018 | 85 | 503 |
| 2019 | 60 | 651 |
| 2020 | 68 | 578 |
| 2021 | 60 | 640 |
| 2022 | 73 | 534 |
| 2023 | 86 | 461 |
| 2024 | 84 | 481 |
| 2025 | 88 | 455 |

## People named Safiya

- Safiya Zaghloul, Egyptian activist and leader
- Safiya Wazir, Community activist - first Afghan refugee to be elected as a state representative in New H
- Safiya Noble, American professor and author

## 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.