Safiya

“Pure” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #1333 in the US (2025) · Trending

Safiya is climbing: on the charts since 1973, it reached #1333 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 170 girls given the name last year. Roughly 2,800 have carried it all-time. Across the Northeast it runs about 3× its national rate. Together with its spelling variant Safia (#2403), Safiya 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 660 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 910 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 1,700 girls in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Safiyas

Safiya Zaghloul — Egyptian activist and leader
Safiya Hussaini — Nigerian woman accused of adultery
Safiya Wazir — Community activist - first Afghan refugee to be elected as a state representative in New Hampshire, United States
Safiya Noble — American professor and author
Safiya al Bahlani — Omani artist

What Safiyas become

Among 31 notable people named Safiya:

Entertainers appear 2.29× more often than among typical names — e.g. Safiya Songhai, American film director.

Similar names: Safia · Zayna · Safa · Zinnia · Hafsa · Sanai

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