Sayyid
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Sayyid is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Sayyid mean?
Arabic
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sayyid a girl's or a boy's name?
Sayyid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sayyid in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 633% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Sayyid, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Sayyid of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Sayyid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2024. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Sayyid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Sayyid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 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, 14 boys in the US were named Sayyid, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had the most boys named Sayyid of any year since it first appeared, in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Sayyid in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sayyid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
Names like Sayyid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Mustafa, Zayd, Hamza, Ahmed, Huzaifa, Musa, Umar, Ibrahim, Fahad, Zayaan
Names related to Sayyid
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, “Sayyid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sayyid, updated 20 October 2026.