Safira

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Safira: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,674 in 2018, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2674highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1999	#3225
2001	#2783
2004	#3197
2007	#5201
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2011	#5785
2013	#3160
2014	#5691
2015	#3615
2017	#5765
2018	#2674
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2024	#3695

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 18 of the 28 years 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 #3824 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: #2674 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Safira 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 Safira in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	21	5 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	38	8 of 10	5
2020s	12	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Safira 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: #2674 in England and Wales in 2018.

Safira'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,674, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 8 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 →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2018Under 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.

Safia · #381, 44y
Safina · #1126, 29y
Safiya · #383, 29y
Safiyah · #739, 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.

Anamaria · #2674, 16y
Vitoria · #2674, 13y
Adhya · #2673, 15y
Athalia · #2673, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Edris · #2682, 16y
Elke · #2682, 17y
Najla · #2682, 15y
Noha · #2682, 19y

Safira 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 Safira without appearing here.

Safira moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Finlay Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.
Jeanette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.
Lynette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Safira

Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3197 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #1573.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3615 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3197 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.
Arlo Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3615 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #3583.

Moved the same way as Safira

Carol Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Safira went from #3824 to #5581 and Carol from #897 to #3519.
Karin Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Safira went from #3824 to #5581 and Karin from #1802 to #3192.
Tyler Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Safira went from #3824 to #5581 and Tyler from #242 to #5581.
Kristin Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Safira went from #3824 to #5493 and Kristin from #1176 to #5493.

What's not yet available

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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: #2674 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Safira

Safira at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Safira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Safira appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Safira and the names beside it

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Safira at a glance

Safira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Safira appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Safira and the names beside it

Safira moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Safira

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