Haytham is a distinctive choice, ranked #1226 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Haytham in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1226
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About the Name Haytham
Haytham is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 418 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1358 in 2009 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Haytham is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Haytham in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Haytham
Haytham Dheeb — Haitham Dheeb is a Palestinian-Israeli footballer who plays as a defender for Hapoel Bu'eine in Liga Bet.
Haytham Tambal — Haytham Tambal is a former Sudanese football striker.
Haytham Farouk — Haytham Farouk Aboelw is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Haytham
Unlikely. With around 23 UK babies named Haytham per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Haytham in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Haytham is at its highest recorded position — #1,226 in 2025, with 23 births. In 2020 it ranked #1,935.
Haytham is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Haytham include: Haytham Dheeb, Haytham Tambal and Haytham Farouk. Short summaries for each appear below.
Haytham does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Haythams in the wild.
23
UK babies named Haytham (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 709 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Haytham
Almost certainly the only Haytham in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Haytham
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Haytham Kamal Khalifa is an Egyptian basketball player for Al Ittihad and the Egyptian national team, where he participated at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Haytham Manna (al-Awdat) is a Syrian writer; he spent three decades as a human rights activist who helped create and became spokesperson for the Arab Commission for Human Rights (ACHR).