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.

Safiya

#3,576 most common girls' name of all time · #6,114 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among girls
#3,576
Rank overall
#6,114 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
2,831
Since 2016
1,261
Peak year
2025 #1,330
Best rank
#1,330 2025
Girls Boys peak 168/yr
198020002020

Safiya first appears in 1973. 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 168 — 168 #1,330
2024 162 — 162 #1,393
2023 157 — 157 #1,426
2022 147 — 147 #1,486
2021 152 — 152 #1,423
2020 103 — 103 #1,879
2019 105 — 105 #1,906
2018 85 — 85 #2,197
2017 94 — 94 #2,081
2016 88 — 88 #2,201
2015 68 — 68 #2,633
2014 74 — 74 #2,458
2013 72 — 72 #2,498
2012 63 — 63 #2,788
2011 73 — 73 #2,497
2010 74 — 74 #2,503
2009 71 — 71 #2,603
2008 66 — 66 #2,762
2007 68 — 68 #2,701
2006 55 — 55 #3,075
2005 57 — 57 #2,885
2004 50 — 50 #3,101
2003 41 — 41 #3,499
2002 35 — 35 #3,772
2001 37 — 37 #3,594
2000 37 — 37 #3,565
1999 21 — 21 #5,136
1998 34 — 34 #3,544
1997 25 — 25 #4,307
1996 20 — 20 #4,986
1995 26 — 26 #4,058
1994 22 — 22 #4,619
1993 22 — 22 #4,619
1992 27 — 27 #3,935
1991 22 — 22 #4,612
1990 23 — 23 #4,330
1989 36 — 36 #3,031
1988 27 — 27 #3,557
1987 26 — 26 #3,500
1986 28 — 28 #3,265
1985 22 — 22 #3,830
1984 26 — 26 #3,318
1983 18 — 18 #4,253
1982 22 — 22 #3,765
1981 38 — 38 #2,528
1980 21 — 21 #3,842
1979 21 — 21 #3,769
1978 29 — 29 #2,855
1977 30 — 30 #2,779
1976 14 — 14 #4,597
1975 14 — 14 #4,583
1974 10 — 10 #5,755
1973 5 — 5 #9,696