Saida
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sah-EE-da
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Saida is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “happy, fortunate”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Saida mean?
Arabic: feminine of Sa'id
“happy, fortunate”
The feminine of Sa'id, it is used by Muslim families from North Africa to Central Asia.
Is Saida a girl's or a boy's name?
Saida is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saida in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Saida in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Saida in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Saida in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Saida, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
2025 had fewer girls named Saida than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Saida in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saida in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
Names like Saida
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Safiya Halima Hiba Sumayyah Zainab Hafsa Khadija Summer Amira Safia
Names related to Saida
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Saida: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saida, updated 20 October 2026.