Sayid
Boy · SAH-yid · Arabic
Sayid is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “master, chief”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Sayid mean?
Arabic: variant of Sayyid
“master, chief”
Sayyid is an honorific for descendants of the Prophet Muhammad through his grandsons Hasan and Husayn.
- Say it
- SAH-yid
Is Sayid a girl's or a boy's name?
Sayid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sayid in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 5 boys.
Sayid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Sayid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Sayid, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had more boys named Sayid than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Sayid in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sayid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
Names like Sayid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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