Safa

What Safa means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Safa yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1978, with 8 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Safa?

US: Rising: up from #1937 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #229 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 249 girls got the name (#1004 that year). First in the US records in 1978.

How common

• About 1 in 6,455 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 596 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,376 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MN (1.4 per 1,000 girls), MD (0.5 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.42 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Safa is #1004 in the US and #111 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Safa were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Safaa25 US · 65 E&W
• Svea32 US
• Safah5 US · 19 E&W
• Sofi21 US
• Sifa19 US
• Savi16 US · 3 E&W
• Safi18 US
• Saffa0 US · 9 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Safa

Girls

• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Kaia#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #447 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Eliza#115Editor’s note Up from #175 in 2015 to #115 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Safa’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.