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Safiyyah

100% girls · 36 born in 2025

Safiyyah has been given to about 768 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2025, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 758
Median age today18 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Safiyyah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2025 · 36
  • Born in 202536
  • All time768
  • England & Wales, 2025#468 · 85

How popular is Safiyyah?

Its best year was 2025, when 36 babies were given the name, ranking 4052nd. The typical living American called Safiyyah is about 18 years old today. It is relatively most common in Illinois, where it accounts for 0.01% of births.

Names that sound like Safiyyah

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 Safiyyah

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

Sibling names for Safiyyah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Mustafabrother · 0.86
  2. Yehudabrother · 0.85
  3. Andiesister · 0.85
  4. Bryerbrother · 0.84
  5. Rivkasister · 0.84
  6. Violetasister · 0.84

Where Safiyyah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Illinois0.01%

With a common surname

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

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025

Safiyyah across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.