Safiyya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Safiyya: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #982, and it stood at #1,097 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#982highest recorded position
7groupings 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	#1914
1997	#2152
1998	#2165
1999	#2189
2000	#2746
2001	#1617
2002	#2540
2003	#3594
2004	#3725
2005	#2438
2006	#1748
2007	#2233
2008	#1914
2009	#1752
2010	#1993
2011	#2636
2012	#1583
2013	#1587
2014	#1702
2015	#1497
2016	#1472
2017	#1457
2018	#1393
2019	#1292
2020	#1013
2021	#1195
2022	#982
2023	#1206
2024	#1097

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 #1914 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: #982 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1097 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Safiyya 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 Safiyya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	4 of 10	7
2000s	89	10 of 10	9
2010s	190	10 of 10	19
2020sbusiest	154	5 of 10	31

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 31 births a year.

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

Safiyya 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: #982 in England and Wales in 2022.

Safiyya'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	#1097	31	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1206	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#982	35	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1195	28	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1013	33	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1292	25	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1393	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1457	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1472	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1497	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1587	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1583	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	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 #982, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

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 →
#1,097position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
35births registered in its largest year, 202225 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.

Safiya · #383, 29y
Safiyah · #739, 29y
Safiyyah · #463, 29y
Safoora · #2862, 17y

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.

Madeeha · #982, 29y
Mallory · #982, 27y
Tiara · #982, 28y
Ubaid · #982, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Afiyah · #982, 21y
Madeeha · #982, 29y
Mallory · #982, 27y
Tiara · #982, 28y

Safiyya was ranked #982 in England and Wales · Girls in 2022. 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.

Safiyya 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 Safiyya without appearing here.

Safiyya moved ahead of

Donna Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2432 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1583 and #4171.
Debra Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3594 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1748 and #4157.
Jeanette Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3725 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2438 and #4798.
Lene Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3725 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2438 and #4798.

Moved ahead of Safiyya

Ida Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1617 and #1728 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2540 and #1442.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1748 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2233 and #1573.
Frida Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1748 and #1862 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2233 and #1656.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2746 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1617 and #1107.

Moved the opposite way to Safiyya

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyya went from #1914 to #1097 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyya went from #1914 to #1097 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyya went from #1914 to #1097 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyya went from #1914 to #1097 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Safiyya

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyya went from #1914 to #1097 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyya went from #1914 to #1097 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyya went from #1914 to #1097 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyya went from #1914 to #1097 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #982 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Safiyya

Safiyya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Safiyya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Safiyya 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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Safiyya at a glance

Safiyya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Safiyya 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 Safiyya

Safiyya and the names beside it

Safiyya moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Safiyya

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