Sajad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sa-JAHD
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Sajad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who prostrates in prayer”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Sajad mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sajjad; Arabic sajjad
“one who prostrates in prayer”
Al-Sajjad was the title of Ali ibn Husayn, great-grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the fourth Shia Imam.
Meaning borrowed from Sajjad.
Is Sajad a girl's or a boy's name?
Sajad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sajad in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sajad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Sajad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Sajad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Sajad, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had more boys named Sajad than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Sajad in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sajad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Sajad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Fahad, Ahmed, Zayd, Ahad, Hammad, Saif, Zayaan, Abdullah, Musa, Zayan
Names related to Sajad
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, “Sajad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sajad, updated 20 October 2026.