Given name & surname
Saifullah
Saifullah is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Indonesian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saifullah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 124
- 124 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,384 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,384 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 as a first name in 2020; 172 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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