Girl’s name · Arabic

Safae

How to say it: sa-FAH-eh · /sa.ˈfa.e/

Purity, clarity - Arabic name from al-Safa, also the hill of Safa near Mecca.

Safae was the 839th most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 0 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 1870s, its births are up 2.0-fold in ten years, and it is projected to rise to #661 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · Insee 2025 data, published July 2026 · How we compute these figures

#839for girls in 2025
1 in 12,099US babies
0born in 2025
#661projected for 2030
1870sits peak decade
under 1 in 200chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Safae
Rank among girls’ names, 2025#839
Babies born in 20250
Share of births1 in 12,099
Peak decade1870s
Change over 10 years×2.0
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#661
In France, 2025#231 among girls’ names, 20 births

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Safae peaked in the 1870s and is less common today.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 1 per million births, 1870s.

What goes with it

Nicknames

  • Safa
  • Safi

Honouring a Safae in the family

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Safae is about under 1 in 200.

Around the world

This spelling is used in Arabic, French.

In France: #231 for girls in 2025.

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