Saffa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Saffa: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #963 in 2004, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#963highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
1998	#2701
1999	#3900
2000	#3247
2001	#1728
2002	#1317
2003	#1472
2004	#963
2005	#1243
2006	#1325
2007	#1384
2008	#2292
2009	#1752
2010	#1815
2011	#1903
2012	#1387
2013	#1537
2014	#2314
2015	#2496
2016	#2757
2017	#1733
2018	#3178
2019	#2643
2020	#4535
2021	#3519
2022	#3970
2023	#2504
2024	#4192

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2738 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #963 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Saffa 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 Saffa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	151	10 of 10	15
2010s	135	10 of 10	14
2020s	30	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Saffa 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #963 in England and Wales in 2004.

Saffa'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1733	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1537	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1387	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1384	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1243	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#963	26	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1317	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #963, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

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 →
28 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
26births registered in its largest year, 200425 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.

Safah · #727, 29y
Safeer · #1878, 13y
Saffah · #1854, 18y
Saffi · #898, 13y

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.

Aydan · #963, 29y
Georgi · #963, 29y
Tiya · #963, 28y
Aneira · #962, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aydan · #963, 29y
Georgi · #963, 29y
Tiya · #963, 28y
Aneira · #962, 24y

Saffa was ranked #963 in England and Wales · Girls in 2004. 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.

Saffa 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 Saffa without appearing here.

Saffa moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3178 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #3247 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1728 and #3998.

Moved ahead of Saffa

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #1743.
Linnea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #2411.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1733 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Saffa

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffa went from #2738 to #4192 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffa went from #2738 to #4192 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffa went from #2738 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffa went from #2738 to #4192 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Saffa

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffa went from #2738 to #4192 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffa went from #2738 to #4192 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffa went from #2738 to #4192 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffa went from #2738 to #4192 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #963 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Saffa

Saffa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saffa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Saffa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Saffa at a glance

Saffa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Saffa 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 Saffa

Saffa and the names beside it

Saffa moved ahead of

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