Saim

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Saim: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Saim: Recorded since 1997, it reached #976 in 2011, and it stood at #1,402 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#976highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2022
1999	#2943
2000	#2142
2001	#1746
2002	#1651
2003	#1629
2004	#1596
2005	#1456
2006	#2282
2007	#1756
2008	#1156
2009	#1859
2010	#1109
2011	#976
2012	#1313
2013	#1044
2014	#1370
2015	#1236
2016	#1570
2017	#1923
2018	#2259
2019	#1745
2020	#2404
2021	#1984
2022	#3048
2023	#2160
2024	#1402

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2022 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #976 among boys in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1402 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Saim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Saim in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	102	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	186	10 of 10	19
2020s	54	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Saim appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #976 in England and Wales in 2011.

Saim's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1402	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1236	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1370	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1044	26	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1313	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#976	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1109	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #976, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,402position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28births registered in its largest year, 201125 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Saint · #403, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Billy-Joe · #976, 29y
Grady · #976, 24y
Jobe · #976, 28y
Kwabena · #976, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Billy-Joe · #976, 29y
Grady · #976, 24y
Ho · #976, 16y
Jobe · #976, 28y

Saim was ranked #976 in England and Wales · Boys in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Saim and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Saim without appearing here.

Saim moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1402 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4991.
Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1156 and #3687.
Nils Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1859 and #1859 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1109 and #3332.

Moved ahead of Saim

Mathias Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1044 and #1247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1370 and #889.
Filip Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1629 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1596 and #1160.
Theodor Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1044 and #1339 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1370 and #1012.
Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1596 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1456 and #1135.

Moved the opposite way to Saim

Aria Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saim went from #2943 to #1402 while Aria went from #2943 to #4270.

Moved the same way as Saim

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saim went from #2943 to #1402 and Arlo from #2943 to #15.
Brent Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Saim went from #2022 to #3048 and Brent from #725 to #3449.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saim went from #2943 to #1402 and Harper from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saim went from #2943 to #1402 and Kasper from #2425 to #529.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #976 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Saim

Saim at a glance

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Popularity journey

Saim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Saim at a glance

Saim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Saim and the names beside it

Saim moved ahead of

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