Safa Girl
How popular is Safa?
#1,004 girl name in 2025
249 baby girls were named Safa in the US in 2025, making it the 1004th most popular girl name.
Safa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,004 for girls (▲ 131 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 249 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+139% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,937 in 2015, #1,721 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (249 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,004 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1978 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Safa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Safa family of names ranked #879 for girls in 2025 (#967 the year before), with 254 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Safa | 249 | 98% |
| Safah | 5 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Safa is most popular
Babies named Safa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Safa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1980s | 71 | #5,918 |
| 1990s | 243 | #3,570 |
| 2000s | 627 | #2,123 |
| 2010s | 1,006 | #1,598 |
| 2020s | 984 | #1,004 |
Girl names about as popular as Safa
Questions
- Is Safa a boy or girl name?
- Safa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Safa were girls.
- How popular is the name Safa?
- 249 baby girls were named Safa in the US in 2025, making it the 1004th most popular girl name.
- When was Safa most popular?
- Safa peaked in 2025, when 249 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,004 in 2025.
- How many people are named Safa?
- 2,945 babies have been named Safa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,925 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Safa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Safa was most common in Minnesota, at 1.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.