Saim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAH-eem
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Saim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who fasts”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Saim mean?
Arabic: also used in Turkish
“one who fasts”
Is Saim a girl's or a boy's name?
Saim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Saim, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 29 boys.
Half of all the boys named Saim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were given Saim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,590, up from #2,342 for this spelling alone.
- Saim 10
- Saaim 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Saim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,324 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,088 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 29 | #1,031 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,170 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,210 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Saim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Saim, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Saim in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Saim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Musa, Abdullah, Zayaan, Zayd, Ahmed, Zayan, Umar, Mustafa, Zaim, Ibrahim
Other spellings of Saim
Saaim
Names related to Saim
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, “Saim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saim, updated 20 October 2026.