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How popular is the name Safia?
Births per year, rank history and how many Safias are alive today.
Safia (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Safiya in England and Wales, ranked 922nd in 2025 with 38 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 80 babies were given the name, the 529th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 1999, with 68 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1282 in 2022 before climbing back to the 922nd place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Safiya you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Safiyas born in England and Wales are between 9 and 24, and there are at least 3,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Safiya.
How many babies are named Safia each year?
Includes all spellings: Safia, Safiya. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Safia spelling rank?
Where does the Safiya spelling rank?
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
When was the name Safia most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Safiya, peaked in 2012, when 172 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Safia spelling itself peaked in 2012, with 80 babies.
How many people are called Safia?
At least 3,900 people named Safia in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Safia?
Most living Safias are between 9 and 24; the most common age is about 14.
Is Safia becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.