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Girl name

Saffiyah

100% girls · 12 born in 2025

Saffiyah has been registered 299 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 & Wales299
Born in 202512

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Saffiyah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
England & WalesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2019 · 21
  • Born in 202512
  • All time299
  • England & Wales, 202512

How popular is Saffiyah?

Saffiyah was given to 12 babies in England and Wales in 2025. Its best year was 2019, with 21 registrations. The name is absent from American records, so there is no US curve to compare it against.

Names that sound like Saffiyah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Saniyah0.86
  2. Sariyah0.86
  3. Samiyah0.86
  4. Sariah0.83
  5. Zariyah0.83
  6. Zaniyah0.83
  7. Zariah0.81
  8. Aliyah0.74

Middle names for Saffiyah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Saffiyah Eve0.80
  2. Saffiyah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Saffiyah Josephine0.78
  4. Saffiyah Anne0.78
  5. Saffiyah Rose0.77
  6. Saffiyah Louise0.77

Sibling names for Saffiyah

Names registered alongside it, on a 30-year window
  1. Bennybrother · 0.92
  2. Rudrabrother · 0.92
  3. Meerabsister · 0.92
  4. Issaeither · 0.92
  5. Ivorbrother · 0.92
  6. Alyasister · 0.92

In the British record

England and Wales, 1996–2025
  1. First recorded1996
  2. Peak year2019 · 21
  3. Years recorded26 of 30
  4. All time299

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Saffiyah Anderson0.74
  2. Saffiyah White0.72
  3. Saffiyah Reyes0.72
  4. Saffiyah Nguyen0.72
  5. Saffiyah Moore0.72
  6. Saffiyah Lee0.72

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 Saffiyah

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

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.