Saffiyah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Saffiyah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,439 in 2019, and it stood at #1,603 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1439highest recorded position
5groupings 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
1997	#3824
2000	#2167
2001	#3262
2004	#2802
2005	#2438
2006	#2509
2007	#2895
2008	#3397
2009	#2148
2010	#1901
2011	#1807
2012	#2215
2013	#2649
2014	#2314
2015	#2070
2016	#1571
2017	#2706
2018	#1887
2019	#1439
2020	#1687
2021	#1569
2022	#1767
2023	#1959
2024	#1603

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 25 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: #1439 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1603 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Saffiyah 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 Saffiyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	57	8 of 10	7
2010s	139	10 of 10	14
2020sbusiest	85	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Saffiyah 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: #1439 in England and Wales in 2019.

Saffiyah'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	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1439	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1571	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1807	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	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 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,439, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 3 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 →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,603position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2019Under 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.

Saffie · #608, 18y
Saffiya · #1909, 27y
Saffron · #133, 31y
Safia · #381, 44y

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.

Aamirah · #1439, 29y
Devika · #1439, 26y
Dimitrios · #1439, 27y
Ece · #1439, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aamirah · #1439, 29y
Devika · #1439, 26y
Dimitrios · #1439, 27y
Ece · #1439, 24y

Saffiyah 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 Saffiyah without appearing here.

Saffiyah moved ahead of

Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1887 and #5666.
Carmel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1887 and #4684.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1887 and #4684.
Brittany Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3397 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1901 and #4688.

Moved ahead of Saffiyah

Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2167 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2802 and #1836.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1439 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1687 and #1313.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1687 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1569 and #1286.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1571 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2706 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Saffiyah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffiyah went from #3795 to #1603 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffiyah went from #3795 to #1603 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffiyah went from #3795 to #1603 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffiyah went from #3795 to #1603 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Saffiyah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffiyah went from #3795 to #1603 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffiyah went from #3795 to #1603 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffiyah went from #3795 to #1603 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saffiyah went from #3795 to #1603 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1439 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Saffiyah

Saffiyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saffiyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Saffiyah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Saffiyah and the names beside it

Saffiyah moved ahead of

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Saffiyah at a glance

Saffiyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Saffiyah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Saffiyah and the names beside it

Saffiyah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Saffiyah

Moved the opposite way to Saffiyah

Moved the same way as Saffiyah