Siham
Feminine · “arrows”
Siham means arrows — the plural, not the singular. Arabic naming uses plurals as women's names more freely than English does, and Siham is among the most common of them, used from Morocco to Iraq. Its American record follows Arabic-speaking migration and peaks in 2015.
How old is the name Siham?
Siham first appears in US birth records in 1986 — 39 years ago. The typical Siham is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Siham are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Siham most popular?
Siham peaked in 2015, reaching #3346 nationally. Today it ranks #6116, 2,770 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
Where it comes from
From sahm to Siham
The story of Siham
Arabic women's names include a striking number of plurals: Siham, arrows; Amal, hopes; Anwar, lights; Aayat, verses or signs. English almost never does this — Hope and Faith are singular — and the effect in Arabic is one of abundance rather than of multiplicity. Siham has been in ordinary use across the Arab world through the twentieth century, particularly in the Levant, Iraq and North Africa. American records show it from the 1970s and rising with migration from those regions, with its highest year in the mid-2010s.
Meaning
arrows
Arabic sahm is an arrow, and siham is its plural. The word also has a range of extended senses — a share or portion, since arrows were used for casting lots to divide property, and by further extension a share in a company, which is the ordinary modern Arabic word for a stock. As a name it carries the arrows. The derivation is settled and the plural form is deliberate rather than accidental.
How the name formed
- sahm
- siham
- Siham
Related forms: Siham · Sihan
Pronouncing Siham
see-HAM
Two syllables, stress at the end, with a light h between the vowels and an open final a. English speakers often front-stress it, SEE-ham, which is the main variation heard.
Nicknames for Siham
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
- 1986
- Most girls named
- 201548 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3346reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- −9.5%19 in 2025, from 21
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.
Siham in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Siham in Arabic — same name
- Sihan in Turkish — related form
Sihams among us
people named Siham are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 84,593 born in 2025 was named Siham
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 Meriem test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Siham's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Meriem climbed just as high around 1930, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Meriem's path sketches the road Siham is walking now.
Siham 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
Siham beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Siham in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a single concrete image and easy to explain.
- It is short and made only of sounds English already has.
- The spelling is stable across Arabic transliteration.
- English speakers commonly stress the first syllable.
- It is close to Sihan, Suhaila and Salma in sound.
- It is rare in the United States and will be spelled out routinely.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sihams are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Siham are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Siham in 2025?
- Siham ranks #6116 among US girl names in 2025, with 19 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Siham?
- About 1 in every 84,593 US girls born in 2025 was named Siham — 19 in all.
- Will my child share the name Siham with classmates?
- Siham will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Siham
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