Sakai
Sakai was the 1398th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 131 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 12,289 places. More babies were named Sakai in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,398 boys, up 2,855 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 131boys
- Girls and boys
- 7% girls, 93% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025131 babies
- Total since 1880
- 644babies recorded
Sakai popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | — | #1,398 | — | 131 |
| 2020 | — | #4,253 | — | 24 |
| 2010 | #12,090 | #5,430 | 9 | 17 |
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How popular is Sakai, counting every spelling?
Sakai is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,337 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,398 for Sakai on its own. Together these spellings went to 131 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakai | 131 | #1,398 | 321 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Sakai?
131 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sakai (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Sakai born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 64 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sakai.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sakai?
About 500 people born in the US named Sakai are alive today, with a median age of 4; half are between 2 and 14. That makes Sakai a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Sakai by state
How common Sakai was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Pennsylvania (3.2×), Georgia (2.8×). In 38 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sakai: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sakai, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Sakai
How popular is the name Sakai?
Sakai was the 1398th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 131 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 12,289 places. More babies were named Sakai in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Sakai a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 7% girls, 93% boys given the name Sakai in the US.
Where is Sakai most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sakai was most common in Pennsylvania (0.12 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Louisiana.