Haytham is a distinctive choice, ranked #1517 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Haytham in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1517
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 distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Haytham
Unlikely. With around 17 UK babies named Haytham per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Haytham in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Haytham is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 418 places over the last five years to #1517 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
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 — 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..
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.
17
UK babies named Haytham (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 418 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
Likely around 1 other Haytham in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
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 won the Egypt Cup in 2024 with Al Ittihad.
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). In 2011, during the early stages of the Syrian civil war, he resigned as spokesperson for the ACHR and helped create and become spokesperson for the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change (NCC), one of the two main opposition groups active in the uprising that became a civil war.
Haytham Moussa Faour is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Faour joined Ahed in 2009 and became one of the team's main players, winning the Lebanese Golden Ball in 2015.