# Said (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/said/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /saɪd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sa'id, Saeed, Saïd, Sayeed |
| US babies named this | 3,166 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,166 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 474, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَعِيد (saʕīd).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 146 | 1,207 |
| 2012 | 98 | 1,601 |
| 2013 | 96 | 1,611 |
| 2014 | 104 | 1,548 |
| 2015 | 82 | 1,823 |
| 2016 | 83 | 1,823 |
| 2017 | 75 | 1,931 |
| 2018 | 72 | 2,026 |
| 2019 | 70 | 2,079 |
| 2020 | 80 | 1,868 |
| 2021 | 92 | 1,761 |
| 2022 | 107 | 1,633 |
| 2023 | 104 | 1,661 |
| 2024 | 110 | 1,581 |
| 2025 | 107 | 1,596 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,158 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,430 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: سَعِيد
- Chinese: 賽義德 /赛义德
- French: Saïd
- Hebrew: סעיד
- Japanese: サイード
- Russian: Саи́д
- Spanish: Saíd

## People named Said

- Sa'id ibn Zayd, companion of Muhammad
- Saïd Taghmaoui, French-American actor
- Saïd Benrahma, Algerian association football player
- Said al-Andalusi, Arab qadi of Toledo in Muslim Spain (1029–1070)
- Saïd El Mala, German association football player
- Saïd Bakari, Comorian and French footballer
- Said Rustamov, Azerbaijani musician (1907-1983)
- Said Hamulić, Bosnian-Dutch association football player
- Saïd Sadi, Algerian politician
- Saïd El Khadraoui, Belgian politician
- Said Mustafov, Bulgarian amateur wrestler
- Said Brahimi, French footballer (1931-1997)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.