Given name
Saffiya
“one who is pure”·“having the lion's share”
Saffiya is a variant of Safia. Interpretations include “one who is pure” and “having the lion's share”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Saffiya is a variant of Safia. Interpretations include “one who is pure” and “having the lion's share”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saffiya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 0 boys · 35 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,613 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,613 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2012.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Saffiya’s family of names
Saffiya has a related form in Safia.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.