Safari**
#10,953 most common girls' name of all time · #18,174 across all names · 27% male / 73% female · used 1992–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#10,953
Rank overall
#18,174 of 105,966
First appeared
1992
Years on the list
30 of 146
All-time
507
Since 2016
292
Peak year
2023 #6,304
Best rank
#4,968 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 43/yr
Safari first appears in 1992. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #8,585 |
| 2024 | 14 | 12 | 26 | #7,778 |
| 2023 | 19 | 24 | 43 | #6,304 |
| 2022 | 27 | 15 | 42 | #4,968 |
| 2021 | 15 | 10 | 25 | #7,431 |
| 2020 | 14 | 11 | 25 | #7,750 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #9,413 |
| 2018 | 15 | 18 | 33 | #7,607 |
| 2017 | 17 | 15 | 32 | #6,968 |
| 2016 | 15 | 12 | 27 | #7,820 |
| 2015 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,759 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5 | 21 | #7,501 |
| 2013 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,312 |
| 2012 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,746 |
| 2011 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,291 |
| 2010 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,861 |
| 2009 | 6 | — | 6 | #16,072 |
| 2008 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,494 |
| 2005 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,625 |
| 2003 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,999 |
| 2001 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,929 |
| 2000 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,448 |
| 1999 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,627 |
| 1998 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,923 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,257 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,043 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,035 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,509 |
| 1993 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,484 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,710 |