Samad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAH-mad
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Samad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “eternal; the everlasting refuge”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Samad mean?
Arabic
“eternal; the everlasting refuge”
As-Samad, 'the Eternal Refuge', describes God in Surah al-Ikhlas and is one of the 99 names of God.
Is Samad a girl's or a boy's name?
Samad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Samad, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Samad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Samad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 19 | #819 |
How popular is Samad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Samad, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Samad in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,015 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Samad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Hamza Fahad Abdullah Hammad Ahad Saif Zayd Mustafa Umar Musa
Names related to Samad
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, “Samad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samad, updated 20 October 2026.