Safina

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Safina: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,126, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1126highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1126
1998	#1823
1999	#1675
2000	#2746
2001	#1870
2002	#1928
2003	#2436
2004	#2802
2005	#1589
2006	#2320
2007	#3218
2008	#2487
2009	#1837
2010	#2589
2011	#2275
2012	#5876
2013	#3160
2014	#2058
2015	#3252
2016	#3609
2017	#2341
2018	#2674
2019	#2040
2020	#3117
2021	#2201
2022	#3148
2023	#3218
2024	#4192

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

FallingEngland 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 #1168 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: #1126 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Safina 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 Safina in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	52	4 of 10	13
2000sbusiest	88	10 of 10	9
2010s	89	10 of 10	9
2020s	38	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Safina 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: #1126 in England and Wales in 1997.

Safina'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	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	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	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1126	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	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 #1,126, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

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 →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 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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Safira · #2674, 18y
Safiya · #383, 29y

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.

Amreen · #1126, 29y
Hamida · #1126, 26y
Starr · #1126, 29y
Ebenezer · #1125, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Amreen · #1126, 29y
Hamida · #1126, 26y
Starr · #1126, 29y
Ebenezer · #1125, 29y

Safina 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 Safina without appearing here.

Safina moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #5691.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #5581.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Safina

Dylan Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2275 and #2432 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #1720.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2058 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #1240.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1313.
Mila Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1675 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #2746 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Safina

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safina went from #1168 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safina went from #1168 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safina went from #1168 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safina went from #1168 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Safina

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safina went from #1168 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safina went from #1168 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safina went from #1168 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safina went from #1168 to #4192 and Alex from #161 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1126 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Safina

Safina at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Safina by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Safina 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

Safina and the names beside it

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Safina at a glance

Safina by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Safina appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Safina and the names beside it

Safina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Safina

Moved the opposite way to Safina

Moved the same way as Safina