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Girl name

Saffa

100% girls · 9 born in 2025

Saffa has been registered 338 times in England and Wales since 1996. It does not appear in the American record, which publishes only names given to five or more babies in a year.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Nicknames—
Recorded in England & Wales338
Born in 20259

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Saffa per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
England & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2004 · 26
  • Born in 20259
  • All time338
  • England & Wales, 20259

How popular is Saffa?

Saffa was given to 9 babies in England and Wales in 2025. Its best year was 2004, with 26 registrations. The name is absent from American records, so there is no US curve to compare it against.

Names that sound like Saffa

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Sara0.72
  2. Sana0.72
  3. Zara0.68
  4. Sanaa0.67
  5. Sasha0.64
  6. Salma0.64
  7. Sabra0.64
  8. Santa0.64

Middle names for Saffa

Ranked by flow score
  1. Saffa Josephine0.84
  2. Saffa Rose0.83
  3. Saffa Louise0.83
  4. Saffa June0.82
  5. Saffa Pearl0.82
  6. Saffa Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Saffa

Names registered alongside it, on a 30-year window
  1. Amanieither · 0.87
  2. Abdulrahmanbrother · 0.86
  3. Yasirbrother · 0.86
  4. Tahabrother · 0.86
  5. Lilisister · 0.86
  6. Hafsahsister · 0.86

In the British record

England and Wales, 1996–2025
  1. First recorded1997
  2. Peak year2004 · 26
  3. Years recorded29 of 30
  4. All time338

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Saffa White0.78
  2. Saffa Reyes0.78
  3. Saffa Nguyen0.78
  4. Saffa Moore0.78
  5. Saffa Lee0.78
  6. Saffa Hill0.78

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Saffa

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. England & Wales1996–2025
  2. Scotland1974–2020
  3. France1900–2025

Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names for England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scores on this page are explained in the methodology.