Safiya
Safiya is an Arab name, meaning "pure." Alternative transliterations include Saffiyah, Safiyyah, Safie, Safia, Safija, Safya, Safiyah, Safeia, etc.
- Hausa
- Kazakh
- Kyrgyz
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Safiya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Safiya is an Arab name, meaning "pure." Alternative transliterations include Saffiyah, Safiyyah, Safie, Safia, Safija, Safya, Safiyah, Safeia, etc.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hausa
- Kazakh
- Kyrgyz
- Arabic
The Story of Safiya
The earliest SSA record of Safiya as a baby girl name dates back to 1973, when 5 babies received it. 2026 was its biggest year on record, with 176 newborns named Safiya — #1,299 in the national rankings. About 35% of every Safiya on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Safiya ranks #1,299 for baby girls with 176 births, rising sharply (+50% over the past five years). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Safiya
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Names that sound like Safiya
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About the name Safiya
Safiya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Safiya's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #1,299. Use the chart and map above to compare Safiya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.