Saaim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAH-eem
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Saaim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who fasts”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Saaim mean?
Arabic: spelling of Saim; also used in Turkish
“one who fasts”
Meaning borrowed from Saim.
Is Saaim a girl's or a boy's name?
Saaim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saaim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Saaim, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2003, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Saaim than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Saaim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were given Saaim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,590, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Saim 10
- Saaim 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Saaim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
Names like Saaim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed, Abdullah, Muhammad, Hamza, Saif, Suhaib, Salim, Musab, Fahad, Zaim, Abdur, Sahib
Other spellings of Saaim
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Saaim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saaim, updated 20 October 2026.