Sakinah
Sakinah was the 7083rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1814th with 52 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,309 places. More babies were named Sakinah in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,083 girls, up 3,058 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 16girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197652 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,055babies recorded
Sakinah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,083 | 16 |
| 2020 | #10,141 | 10 |
| 2010 | #7,819 | 16 |
| 2000 | #5,460 | 21 |
| 1990 | #5,014 | 19 |
| 1980 | #2,525 | 38 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Sakinah, counting every spelling?
Sakinah is a spelling of Sakina, a name family that had 75 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 75 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakina | 59 | #2,889 | 251 |
| Sakinah | 16 | #7,083 | 72 |
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 Sakinah?
16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sakinah (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sakinah 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 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sakinah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sakinah?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Sakinah are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 21 and 47. That makes Sakinah mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Sakinah by state
How common Sakinah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls 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 Sakinah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sakinah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Sakinah
How popular is the name Sakinah?
Sakinah was the 7083rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1814th with 52 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,309 places. More babies were named Sakinah in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Sakinah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Sakinah in the US.
Where is Sakinah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sakinah was most common in Minnesota (0.05 per 1,000 girls).