Safah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Safah: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #727 in 2007, and it stood at #2,115 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#727highest recorded position
9groupings 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	#2683
1997	#1666
1998	#1979
1999	#1107
2000	#1594
2001	#992
2002	#842
2003	#909
2004	#736
2005	#745
2006	#816
2007	#727
2008	#937
2009	#795
2010	#1013
2011	#1269
2012	#1130
2013	#1433
2014	#1177
2015	#1649
2016	#1749
2017	#1568
2018	#1977
2019	#1634
2020	#2042
2021	#2073
2022	#1948
2023	#1575
2024	#2115

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 every year 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 #2683 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: #727 among girls in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Safah 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 Safah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	41	4 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	325	10 of 10	33
2010s	226	10 of 10	23
2020s	72	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 33 births a year.

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

Safah 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: #727 in England and Wales in 2007.

Safah'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	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1634	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1568	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1433	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1130	30	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1269	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1013	33	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#795	44	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#937	34	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#727	46	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#816	37	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#745	39	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#736	38	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#909	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#842	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#992	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #727, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 46 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,115position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
46births registered in its largest year, 200725 to 49 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.

Safa · #140, 30y
Safaa · #373, 30y
Safeer · #1878, 13y
Saffa · #963, 28y

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.

Ayush · #726, 27y
Huseyin · #728, 29y
Ishmael · #728, 29y
Tre · #728, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aditi · #727, 30y
Afnan · #727, 27y
Arsalan · #727, 29y
Ayoub · #727, 29y

Safah was ranked #727 in England and Wales · Girls in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Safah 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 Safah without appearing here.

Safah moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1634 and #5591.
Jeanette Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1666 and #3824.
Evan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #2096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1666 and #3174.
Francis Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1666 and #3174.

Moved ahead of Safah

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2042 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #1286.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1634 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #1313.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1568 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1977 and #1436.
Frida Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1130 and #1210 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1433 and #925.

Moved the opposite way to Safah

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Safah went from #2683 to #1575 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Safah went from #2683 to #1575 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Safah went from #2683 to #1575 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safah went from #1107 to #2115 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.

Moved the same way as Safah

Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safah went from #842 to #2115 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Safah

Safah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Safah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Safah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Safah at a glance

Safah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Safah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Safah

Safah and the names beside it

Safah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Safah

Moved the opposite way to Safah

Moved the same way as Safah