Safa
#1,004 for girls in 2025, 249 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 249 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,939since 1978
Safa over time
Rank among girls' names. Safa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,004 | 249 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,135 | 213 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,430 | 156 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #1,648 | 128 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,710 | 121 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,721 | 117 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,598 | 133 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,692 | 122 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,665 | 129 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,956 | 102 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,937 | 104 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,096 | 92 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,187 | 85 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,983 | 98 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,454 | 74 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,670 | 67 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,510 | 75 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,773 | 65 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,684 | 68 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,850 | 61 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,580 | 66 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,781 | 58 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,610 | 61 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,126 | 79 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,046 | 46 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,940 | 48 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,804 | 31 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,573 | 33 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
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| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | — | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
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| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Safa! It came in at #6,948, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1979–1980, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Safa is popular in 2023
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#184 · 1 in 698
- Virginia#772 · 1 in 3,690
- Illinois#828 · 1 in 4,050
- Michigan#971 · 1 in 5,040
- New York#1,014 · 1 in 5,554
Best ever in a state: #180 in Minnesota, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #184 | 30 | 1 in 698 |
| Virginia | #772 | 9 | 1 in 3,690 |
| Illinois | #828 | 11 | 1 in 4,050 |
| Michigan | #971 | 7 | 1 in 5,040 |
| New York | #1,014 | 14 | 1 in 5,554 |
| California | #1,172 | 22 | 1 in 7,495 |
| Texas | #1,253 | 22 | 1 in 7,370 |
| Ohio | #1,271 | 6 | 1 in 7,827 |
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See more about Safa
- 131 spots since 2024 (#1,135 → #1,004)
- 717 spots since 2020 (#1,721 → #1,004)
- 933 spots since 2015 (#1,937 → #1,004)
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2025 at #1,004 (249 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 6,455 girls born in 2025 were named Safa (0.02%)
- 34.2% of all girls named Safa (1,006) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8 | #6,948 (1978) | #6,948 |
| 1980s | 71 | #5,923 (1987) | #7,538 |
| 1990s | 243 | #3,573 (1998) | #4,462 |
| 2000s | 627 | #2,126 (2002) | #2,690 |
| 2010s | 1,006 | #1,598 (2019) | #2,024 |
| 2020s | 984 | #1,004 (2025) | #1,441 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Safa in 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 10,286 of them was named Safa, which outranked 91.9% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,421Noelia157
- #1,421Safiya157
- #1,421Zarah157
- #1,430Safa156
- #1,430Carina156
- #1,430Ema156
- #1,430Emmalynn156
- #1,439Anita155
- #1,439Asiya155
- #1,439Harlem155
Tied with 8 names at #1,430; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 285,096 of them was named Safa, which outranked 23.9% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #9,763Zygmunt7
- #9,763Zyhaire7
- #9,763Zykari7
- #10,821Safa6
- #10,821Aadhavan6
- #10,821Aalias6
- #10,821Aalim6
- #12,239Aadarsh5
- #12,239Aadhan5
- #12,239Aadish5
Tied with 1,417 names at #10,821; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.