Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Safia

#5,146 most common girls' name of all time · #8,715 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1975–2025

Rank among girls
#5,146
Rank overall
#8,715 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
1,616
Since 2016
553
Peak year
2025 #2,400
Best rank
#2,400 2025
Girls Boys peak 75/yr
198020002020

Safia first appears in 1975. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 75 — 75 #2,400
2024 53 — 53 #3,064
2023 65 — 65 #2,689
2022 61 — 61 #2,804
2021 54 — 54 #3,054
2020 46 — 46 #3,366
2019 47 — 47 #3,361
2018 50 — 50 #3,220
2017 47 — 47 #3,368
2016 55 — 55 #3,028
2015 61 — 61 #2,873
2014 57 — 57 #2,984
2013 61 — 61 #2,821
2012 58 — 58 #2,962
2011 56 — 56 #3,033
2010 59 — 59 #2,924
2009 51 — 51 #3,281
2008 43 — 43 #3,738
2007 37 — 37 #4,166
2006 40 — 40 #3,825
2005 34 — 34 #4,167
2004 37 — 37 #3,865
2003 36 — 36 #3,834
2002 42 — 42 #3,314
2001 37 — 37 #3,600
2000 29 — 29 #4,240
1999 27 — 27 #4,264
1998 29 — 29 #3,976
1997 33 — 33 #3,517
1996 15 — 15 #6,254
1995 14 — 14 #6,484
1994 14 — 14 #6,525
1993 14 — 14 #6,488
1992 14 — 14 #6,527
1991 20 — 20 #4,954
1990 8 — 8 #9,771
1989 19 — 19 #4,801
1988 14 — 14 #5,826
1987 15 — 15 #5,253
1986 19 — 19 #4,321
1985 13 — 13 #5,617
1984 11 — 11 #6,216
1983 12 — 12 #5,780
1982 8 — 8 #8,040
1981 9 — 9 #7,305
1979 7 — 7 #8,812
1976 5 — 5 #10,499
1975 5 — 5 #10,513