Saif
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAYF
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #669 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,315 for boys
Saif is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sword”. In 2025 it ranked 669th for boys in the UK (60 babies) and 1,315th for boys in the US (147 babies).
What does Saif mean?
Arabic
“sword”
Arabic for sword; the early Muslim general Khalid ibn al-Walid was called Sayf Allah, the Sword of God.
Is Saif a girl's or a boy's name?
Saif is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 60 boys in the UK and 147 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saif in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #669among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 60about 1 in 5,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 60 boys in the UK were named Saif, making it the 669th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 719th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 104 boys.
2025 had more boys named Saif than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Saif in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 71 boys in the UK were given Saif or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #548, up from #669 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 658th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Saif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #669 |
| 2024 | 48 | #783 |
| 2023 | 47 | #779 |
| 2022 | 47 | #774 |
| 2021 | 48 | #781 |
| 2020 | 52 | #719 |
| 2019 | 41 | #829 |
| 2018 | 52 | #728 |
| 2017 | 54 | #717 |
| 2016 | 38 | #902 |
| 2015 | 48 | #747 |
| 2014 | 55 | #673 |
| 2013 | 75 | #541 |
| 2012 | 56 | #678 |
| 2011 | 79 | #509 |
| 2010 | 81 | #491 |
| 2009 | 89 | #467 |
| 2008 | 104 | #399 |
| 2007 | 94 | #421 |
| 2006 | 102 | #378 |
| 2005 | 101 | #350 |
| 2004 | 99 | #336 |
| 2003 | 96 | #323 |
| 2002 | 88 | #333 |
| 2001 | 66 | #402 |
| 2000 | 67 | #391 |
| 1999 | 77 | #358 |
| 1998 | 71 | #374 |
| 1997 | 78 | #351 |
| 1996 | 64 | #380 |
How popular is Saif in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,315among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 147about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 147 boys in the US were named Saif, making it the 1,315th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,833rd. It first appears in the records in 1978.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Saif of any year since it first appeared, in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Saif in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 172 boys in the US were given Saif or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #1,315 for this spelling alone.
Saif in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 147 | #1,315 |
| 2024 | 140 | #1,355 |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,591 |
| 2022 | 105 | #1,642 |
| 2021 | 83 | #1,852 |
| 2020 | 81 | #1,833 |
| 2019 | 99 | #1,642 |
| 2018 | 105 | #1,584 |
| 2017 | 96 | #1,644 |
| 2016 | 83 | #1,811 |
| 2015 | 105 | #1,546 |
| 2014 | 90 | #1,691 |
| 2013 | 71 | #1,941 |
| 2012 | 84 | #1,774 |
| 2011 | 56 | #2,283 |
| 2010 | 69 | #1,985 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,049 |
| 2008 | 77 | #1,874 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,094 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,220 |
| 2005 | 64 | #1,963 |
| 2004 | 69 | #1,801 |
| 2003 | 71 | #1,714 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,151 |
| 2001 | 38 | #2,515 |
| 2000 | 55 | #1,891 |
| 1999 | 50 | #1,929 |
| 1998 | 39 | #2,271 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,123 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,013 |
| 1995 | 46 | #1,859 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,036 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
Names like Saif
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Zayd Abdullah Ahmed Fahad Mustafa Musa Umar Saad Abdulrahman Musab
Other spellings of Saif
Names related to Saif
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), 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, “Saif: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saif, updated 20 October 2026.