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How popular is the name Saffi?
Births per year, rank history and how many Saffis are alive today.
Saffi (female) is a shortened form of the name Sophia. Although Saffi itself was given to 4 babies in England and Wales in 2024 (ranked 4844th as a registered name), most Saffis are registered as Sophia, which ranked 13th in 2025 with 1,547 babies.
Most people called Saffi are registered as Sophia, and share that name's profile: the Sophia you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Sophias born in England and Wales are between 7 and 17, and there are at least 83,000 of them alive today. Only some Sophias go by Saffi.
How many babies are named Saffi or Sophia each year?
Combined registrations of Sophia, Sofia, Saffi. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Sophia rank as a registered name?
Where does Saffi rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Saffi short for Sophia?
Yes - Saffi is a shortened form of Sophia. Saffis are usually registered as Sophia at birth.
When was the name Saffi most popular?
The full name Sophia peaked in 2014, when 4,444 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Saffi itself peaked as a registered name in 2012, with 10 babies.
How many people are called Saffi?
There's no official count of people who go by Saffi, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 83,000 people registered as Sophia born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Saffi.
How old is the typical Saffi?
Most people called Saffi are registered as Sophia. Most living Sophias are between 7 and 17; the most common age is about 12.
Is Saffi becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.