Saja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAH-ja
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Saja is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “calm, still”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
What does Saja mean?
Arabic
“calm, still”
The word appears in the Qur'an's Surah Ad-Duha, describing the night when it grows still.
Is Saja a girl's or a boy's name?
Saja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saja in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Saja, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 20 girls.
2025 had more girls named Saja than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Saja in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Saja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
How popular is Saja in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,974th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Saja, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Saja in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Names like Saja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Amira, Raya, Yusra, Sama, Khadija, Isra, Hana, Ayah, Zainab
Names related to Saja
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Saja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saja, updated 20 October 2026.