Haytham
Boy · HAY-tham · Arabic
Haytham is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “young eagle”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Haytham mean?
Arabic
“young eagle”
Ibn al-Haytham, an 11th-century scholar known in Europe as Alhazen, pioneered the science of optics.
- Say it
- HAY-tham
Is Haytham a girl's or a boy's name?
Haytham is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haytham in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Haytham, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd.
2025 had the most boys named Haytham of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Haytham in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 38 boys in the UK were given Haytham or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #813, up from #1,286 for this spelling alone.
- Haytham 23
- Haitham 15
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales.
Haytham in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Haytham in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Haytham, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Haytham in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Haytham in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
Names like Haytham
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Haytham
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