Usayd
Boy · oo-SAYD · Arabic
Usayd is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little lion”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies).
What does Usayd mean?
Arabic: diminutive of Asad
“little lion”
A diminutive of Asad, 'lion'; Usayd ibn Hudayr was a chief of the Aws tribe of Medina and a Companion of the Prophet.
- Say it
- oo-SAYD
Is Usayd a girl's or a boy's name?
Usayd is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Usayd in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 125% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Usayd, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th.
2025 had the most boys named Usayd of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Usayd in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 33 boys in the UK were given Usayd or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #894, up from #1,286 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales.
Usayd in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
Names like Usayd
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayd Ahmed Abdullah Umar Musa Khalid Hamza Mustafa Zayaan Zayan Ubayd
Other spellings of Usayd
Osaid Usaid
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