Saima
Girl · SY-ma · Arabic
Saima is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who fasts”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Saima mean?
Arabic: feminine of Saim
“one who fasts”
Feminine of Saim, someone keeping the fast, especially during Ramadan.
- Say it
- SY-ma
Is Saima a girl's or a boy's name?
Saima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saima in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Saima, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 71 girls.
Half of all the girls named Saima in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Saima in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,461 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,379 |
| 2010 | 32 | #1,112 |
| 2009 | 32 | #1,062 |
| 2008 | 42 | #855 |
| 2007 | 44 | #799 |
| 2006 | 48 | #720 |
| 2005 | 41 | #769 |
| 2004 | 50 | #648 |
| 2003 | 52 | #617 |
| 2002 | 56 | #577 |
| 2001 | 71 | #473 |
| 2000 | 54 | #571 |
| 1999 | 54 | #571 |
| 1998 | 50 | #591 |
| 1997 | 64 | #502 |
| 1996 | 71 | #460 |
How popular is Saima in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 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, 9 girls in the US were named Saima, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the girls named Saima in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saima in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,657 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,372 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
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