Safir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sa-FEER
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Safir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “ambassador, envoy”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Safir mean?
Arabic: Arabic word
“ambassador, envoy”
In Arabic a safir is an ambassador, from a root linked to travel.
Is Safir a girl's or a boy's name?
Safir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Safir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Safir, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had the most boys named Safir of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Safir in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Safir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
Names like Safir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir, Zamir, Ahmir, Samir, Zayd, Hamza, Amir, Azir, Sabir, Nazir, Zayan, Muhammad
Names related to Safir
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Safir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/safir, updated 20 October 2026.