Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Russian Сафина, built from English Safin + a.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Safina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 384
- 0 boys · 384 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 26
- #5,073 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 26 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,073 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 404 as a first name in 2020; 160 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Safina’s family of names
In English usage, Safina was borrowed from the Russian form Сафина.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Safina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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