Sajid
Masculine · “one who prostrates”
Sajid names one who prostrates in prayer — and the same root gives the word masjid, which English took as mosque by a roundabout route through Spanish.
How old is the name Sajid?
Sajid first appears in US birth records in 1968 — 57 years ago. The typical Sajid alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 600 people named Sajid are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sajid most popular?
Sajid peaked in 1970, reaching #2621 nationally. Today it ranks #4050, 1,429 places below that high. See the whole 1970 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Sajid
The root s-j-d produces the whole vocabulary of prostration in Islamic practice. Masjid traveled into Spanish as mezquita and thence into French and English as mosque, so the English word carries an Arabic root about bowing that its speakers never see. Sajid has been a personal name across the Muslim world and is used particularly in South Asia.
Meaning
one who prostrates, worshipper
From an Arabic root meaning to bow down; sajid is the person doing it, sujud is the prostration itself, and masjid is the place of prostration — the word behind mosque.
Pronouncing Sajid
SAH-jid
Two syllables, first stressed. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Sajid
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1968
- Most boys named
- 202130 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2621reached in 1970
- Change vs 2024
- +18.2%26 in 2025, from 22
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sajid in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Sajid in Arabic — same name
- Sajid in Urdu — same name
- Sacit in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Minnesota.
Sajids among us
people named Sajid are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 65,695 born in 2025 was named Sajid
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Chaney test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sajid's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Chaney climbed just as high around 1915, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Chaney's path sketches the road Sajid is walking now.
Sajid sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Sajid is headed
Sajid should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Sajid beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sajid in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely surprising link to the English word mosque.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Recognized across the whole Muslim world.
- Sajid, Sajjad and Sajad are all in use and are related but distinct.
- It names a religious act, which is a specific thing to be called.
- It is close to Sajad and Sahid in an English ear.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sajids are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Sajid are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sajid in 2025?
- Sajid ranks #4050 among US boy names in 2025, with 26 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sajid?
- About 1 in every 65,695 US boys born in 2025 was named Sajid — 26 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sajid with classmates?
- Sajid will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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