Saidah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sah-EE-da
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Saidah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “happy, fortunate”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Saidah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Saida; feminine of Sa'id
“happy, fortunate”
The feminine of Sa'id, it is used by Muslim families from North Africa to Central Asia.
Meaning borrowed from Saida.
Is Saidah a girl's or a boy's name?
Saidah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saidah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Saidah, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1990, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had more girls named Saidah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Saidah in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saidah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Saidah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Farah Safiya Safa Hadassah Samiyah Sumayyah Farrah Samira Zainab Summer Safia
Names related to Saidah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Saidah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saidah, updated 20 October 2026.