Safia

“Pure” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #2403 in the US (2025) · Trending

Safia is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1975, it stood at #2403 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 1,600 girls have been named Safia along the way. Together with its spelling variant Safiya (#1333), Safia would rank around #1029 with about 240 births last year — the newborns split about 69/31 between Safiya and Safia.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,000 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 2,000 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 3,200 girls in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Safias

Safia Farkash — second wife of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi
Safia Ahmed-jan — Women's rights advocate from Afghanistan (1941-2006)
Safia Farhat — Tunisian drawer, painter, ceramist, tapissier and decorator (1924-2004)
Safia Boukhima — Algerian volleyball player
Safia Chamia — Tunisian singer and actress (1932-2004)

What Safias become

Among 69 notable people named Safia:

Political leaders appear 1.97× more often than among typical names — e.g. Safia Elmi Djibril, Djiboutian politician and women's rights activist.

Similar names: Safiya · Emaan · Safa · Fia · Zeina · Roya

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