Sajjad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sa-JAHD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Sajjad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who prostrates in prayer”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Sajjad mean?
Arabic: 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.
Is Sajjad a girl's or a boy's name?
Sajjad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sajjad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Sajjad, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sajjad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Sajjad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Sajjad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Sajjad, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Sajjad in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sajjad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
Names like Sajjad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Ahmed, Fahad, Sanad, Zayd, Ahad, Syed, Hammad, Umar, Rayyan, Zayan
Names related to Sajjad
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, “Sajjad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sajjad, updated 20 October 2026.