Sajda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAJ-da
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Sajda is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “prostration in prayer”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Sajda mean?
Arabic: Arabic sajda
“prostration in prayer”
Arabic word for the prostration of Muslim prayer; As-Sajdah is also the 32nd surah of the Quran.
Is Sajda a girl's or a boy's name?
Sajda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sajda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Sajda, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1998, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Sajda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
Names like Sajda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Sama, Saba, Suha, Shifa, Salma, Saja, Hiba, Hafsa, Rahma, Safaa, Soha
Names related to Sajda
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sajda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sajda, updated 20 October 2026.