Saffiya

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Saffiya: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Saffiya: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,909 in 2009, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1909highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1999	#2770
2000	#3247
2001	#3262
2002	#3409
2003	#4373
2004	#2278
2005	#2970
2006	#3116
2007	#2627
2008	#2487
2009	#1909
2010	#3156
2011	#2150
2012	#2095
2013	#1956
2014	#2314
2015	#2705
2016	#2757
2017	#2341
2018	#2674
2019	#2458
2020	#5493
2021	#2499
2022	#2673
2023	#3598
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1909 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Saffiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Saffiya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	65	10 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	105	10 of 10	11
2020s	36	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Saffiya appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1909 in England and Wales in 2009.

Saffiya's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,909, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Saffie · #608, 18y
Saffiyah · #1439, 25y
Saffron · #133, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jaskirat · #1909, 25y
Muaad · #1909, 22y
Gurshaan · #1911, 22y
Ikhlas · #1911, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jaskirat · #1909, 25y
Sehr · #1909, 19y
Finleigh · #1911, 17y
Ikhlas · #1911, 23y

Saffiya and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Saffiya without appearing here.

Saffiya moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.
Levi Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5493 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5493 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Saffiya

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Noah Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #2869 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2615.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Saffiya

Martine Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffiya went from #3795 to #2150 while Martine went from #2350 to #4764.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffiya went from #1956 to #3015 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffiya went from #1956 to #3015 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1909 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Saffiya

Saffiya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saffiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Saffiya appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Saffiya and the names beside it

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Saffiya at a glance

Saffiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Saffiya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Saffiya and the names beside it

Saffiya moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Saffiya

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