Safiyya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-FEE-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,051 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Safiyya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure, chosen”. In 2025 it ranked 1,051st for girls in the UK (34 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Safiyya mean?
Arabic
“pure, chosen”
Safiyya bint Huyayy, from a Jewish tribe of Medina, became one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Safiyya a girl's or a boy's name?
Safiyya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Safiyya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,051st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were named Safiyya, making it the 1,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,089th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 36 girls.
Half of all the girls named Safiyya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 274 girls in the UK were given Safiyya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #213, up from #1,051 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 997th in England and Wales.
Safiyya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #1,051 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,143 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2022 | 36 | #1,027 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 33 | #1,089 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,368 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,541 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Safiyya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Safiyya, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Safiyya in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 262 girls in the US were given Safiyya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #904, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Safiyya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Safiyya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Nusaybah, Safaa, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Hafsa, Rahma, Zainab, Aafiyah, Aaliyah, Hiba
Other spellings of Safiyya
Names related to Safiyya
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Safiyya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/safiyya, updated 20 October 2026.