Safia
Girl · sa-FEE-a · Arabic
Safia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure”. In 2025 it ranked 973rd for girls in the UK (38 babies) and 2,387th for girls in the US (75 babies).
What does Safia mean?
Arabic
“pure”
From the Arabic root meaning pure; Safiyya bint Huyayy was one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad.
- Say it
- sa-FEE-a
Is Safia a girl's or a boy's name?
Safia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the UK and 75 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Safia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #973among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 7,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the UK were named Safia, making it the 973rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 84 girls.
Half of all the girls named Safia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 922nd in England and Wales.
Safia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #973 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,208 |
| 2023 | 44 | #875 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,201 |
| 2020 | 35 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 39 | #981 |
| 2018 | 33 | #1,124 |
| 2017 | 48 | #865 |
| 2016 | 52 | #816 |
| 2015 | 45 | #887 |
| 2014 | 58 | #737 |
| 2013 | 75 | #602 |
| 2012 | 84 | #555 |
| 2011 | 67 | #654 |
| 2010 | 56 | #716 |
| 2009 | 54 | #736 |
| 2008 | 60 | #670 |
| 2007 | 62 | #630 |
| 2006 | 71 | #556 |
| 2005 | 62 | #581 |
| 2004 | 62 | #560 |
| 2003 | 67 | #521 |
| 2002 | 63 | #523 |
| 2001 | 66 | #496 |
| 2000 | 50 | #598 |
| 1999 | 69 | #481 |
| 1998 | 44 | #638 |
| 1997 | 54 | #551 |
| 1996 | 41 | #644 |
How popular is Safia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,387among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 75about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 75 girls in the US were named Safia, making it the 2,387th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had the most girls named Safia of any year since it first appeared, in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Safia in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Safia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #2,387 |
| 2024 | 53 | #3,047 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,674 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,792 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 50 | #3,200 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,346 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,846 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,967 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,803 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,934 |
| 2011 | 56 | #3,013 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,905 |
| 2009 | 51 | #3,251 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,279 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Safia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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