Safiya is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “pure.” In 2024 it was given to 162 girls in the United States.
Safiya belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “pure” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Safiya first appears in Social Security records in 1973. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1389 in 2024, and in 2024 162 babies received the name — 2,662 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Safiya means “pure” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Safiya is a girl name. In 2024, 162 babies received the name in the US.
Safiya comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Safiya first appears in US records in 1973. Its best-ever ranking was #1389 in 2024, and 162 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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