Name meaning & stats
Safia
Safia. 1,616 US babies since 1940, peak 2025. Notable Safias are 1.4× over-represented as writers.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
1,616 US babies were named Safia between 1940 and 2025.
Safia around the world
- France: 7,430 babies since 1900, peak 2012, No. 384 in 2025
- Belgium: 871 babies since 1995, peak 2012, No. 449 in 2025
- Norway: 151 babies since 1945, peak 2019, No. 490 in 2025
- Sweden: 159 babies since 1998, peak 2017, No. 542 in 2022
- Scotland: 22 babies since 1974, peak 2006, No. 790 in 2024
- England & Wales: 1,542 babies since 1996, peak 2012, No. 922 in 2025
- Ireland: 32 babies since 1964, peak 2012
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Safias end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Politician | 1.3× | Low · 6 people |
| Writer | 1.4× | Low · 5 people |
| Footballer | 1.3× | Low · 4 people |
| Actor | 0.9× | Low · 3 people |
Among notable women who are writers, Safias show up 1.4× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
Other spellings
1 in 7 Safas spell it Safia
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)