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How popular is the name Safiyah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Safiyahs are alive today.
Safiyah (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Safiyyah in England and Wales, ranked 834th in 2025 with 43 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2014, when 50 babies were given the name, the 779th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2023, with 45 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1160 in 2007 before climbing back to the 834th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Safiyyah you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Safiyyahs born in England and Wales are between 7 and 21, and there are at least 2,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Safiyyah - on average, only one in every 109 such rooms contains a Safiyyah.
How many babies are named Safiyah each year?
Includes all spellings: Safiyah, Safiyyah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Safiyah spelling rank?
Where does the Safiyyah 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 Safiyah most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Safiyyah, peaked in 2013, when 138 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Safiyah spelling itself peaked in 2014, with 50 babies.
How many people are called Safiyah?
At least 2,900 people named Safiyah in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Safiyah?
Most living Safiyahs are between 7 and 21; the most common age is about 12.
Is Safiyah becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.