Haitham
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAY-tham
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Haitham is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “young eagle”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Haitham mean?
Arabic
“young eagle”
Ibn al-Haytham, the 11th-century Arab scientist, is often called the father of modern optics.
Is Haitham a girl's or a boy's name?
Haitham is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haitham in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Haitham, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Haitham of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Haitham in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 38 boys in the UK were given Haitham or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #813, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.
- Haytham 23
- Haitham 15
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Haitham in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Haitham in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Haitham, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had the most boys named Haitham of any year since it first appeared, in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Haitham in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Haitham in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Haitham
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Yahya Arham Shivansh Krishiv Vihaan Avyaan Yuvraj Gurbaaz Hisham Avi Harshiv
Other spellings of Haitham
Names related to Haitham
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Haitham: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haitham, updated 20 October 2026.