Is Safari a boy or girl name?

Safari is a unisex name. Of the 507 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 72.8% were girls and 27.2% were boys. It changed hands in 2024, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Safari

Recorded 1992–2025 · United States

Safari was most popular in 2023, when 43 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,242 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,947, with 21 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 507 people named Safari.

Safari over time

Births per year. The dot marks Safari’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Safari a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Safari is a unisex name — 72.8% of the 507 Americans given it were girls and 27.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2024 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 54% girls and 46% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org