Safiyyah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Safiyyah: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #463, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#463highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1005
1997	#897
1998	#758
1999	#752
2000	#969
2001	#779
2002	#861
2003	#666
2004	#581
2005	#729
2006	#796
2007	#655
2008	#734
2009	#679
2010	#608
2011	#583
2012	#600
2013	#466
2014	#570
2015	#500
2016	#573
2017	#472
2018	#527
2019	#623
2020	#501
2021	#529
2022	#550
2023	#540
2024	#463

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.

In 2024: #463 among girls in England and Wales, #790 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1005 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: #463 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #463 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Safiyyah 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 Safiyyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	104	4 of 10	26
2000s	410	10 of 10	41
2010s	762	10 of 10	76
2020sbusiest	390	5 of 10	78

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 78 births a year.

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

Safiyyah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #463 in England and Wales in 2024.

Safiyyah'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	#463	89	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#540	72	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#550	71	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#529	77	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#501	81	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#623	63	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#527	80	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#472	93	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#573	73	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#500	86	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#570	74	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#466	90	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#600	70	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#583	69	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#608	64	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#679	54	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#734	48	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#655	53	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#796	38	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#729	41	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#581	53	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#666	43	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#861	27	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#779	31	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#969	22	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#752	30	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#758	30	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#897	24	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1005	20	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #463, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 93 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Safiyah · #739, 29y
Safiyya · #982, 29y
Safoora · #2862, 17y
Safura · #2925, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Izabelle · #463, 29y
Ioana · #465, 25y
Gwyneth · #466, 32y
Haya · #460, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Izabelle · #463, 29y
Jannah · #463, 30y
Carlton · #464, 29y
Carwyn · #464, 27y

Safiyyah was ranked #463 in England and Wales · Girls in 2024. 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.

Safiyyah 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 Safiyyah without appearing here.

Safiyyah moved ahead of

Carol Compare
In 1997 they stood at #897 and #897 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #758 and #1480.
Kristy Compare
In 2000 they stood at #969 and #876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #779 and #1439.
Tracy Compare
In 1997 they stood at #897 and #820 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #758 and #1392.
Tracey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1005 and #783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #897 and #1450.

Moved ahead of Safiyyah

Violet Compare
In 2004 they stood at #581 and #607 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #729 and #273.
Maja Compare
In 2005 they stood at #729 and #951 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #796 and #456.
Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #608 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #583 and #261.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #583 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #600 and #284.

Moved the opposite way to Safiyyah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyyah went from #1005 to #463 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyyah went from #1005 to #463 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyyah went from #1005 to #463 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyyah went from #1005 to #463 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Safiyyah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyyah went from #1005 to #463 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyyah went from #1005 to #463 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyyah went from #1005 to #463 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Safiyyah went from #1005 to #463 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #463 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Safiyyah

Safiyyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Safiyyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Safiyyah 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

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Safiyyah and the names beside it

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Safiyyah at a glance

Safiyyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Safiyyah 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 Safiyyah

Safiyyah and the names beside it

Safiyyah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Safiyyah

Moved the opposite way to Safiyyah

Moved the same way as Safiyyah