Safiyya
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning pure, clear; feminine form of Safi.
Babies a year
34
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#997
34 babies
Safiyya by the numbers
In 2025, 34 babies in England and Wales were named Safiyya. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Safiyya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean purity
Like Safiyya, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Safiyya
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