Saheed
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sa-HEED
- Origin
- Arabic
Saheed is a boys' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Saheed come from?
Arabic: probably a variant of Said or Shahid, used in West Africa
Is Saheed a girl's or a boy's name?
Saheed is a boys' name.
How popular is Saheed in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Saheed in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saheed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
Names like Saheed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Zahir Ahmad Zayd Said Saif Samir Abdullah Fahad Amir Zamir
Names related to Saheed
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Saheed: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saheed, updated 20 October 2026.