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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Sakura

Sakura was the 2925th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 58 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2186th with 87 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 245 places. More babies were named Sakura in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,925 girls, up 131 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
58girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
201287 babies
Total since 1880
1,783babies recorded

Sakura popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#2,92558
2020#3,05653
2010#2,38080
2000#5,28122
1990#9,0759
1980#7,9798
1970#9,0275
1960——
1950——
1940——
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1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Sakura, counting every spelling?

Sakura has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Sakura?

58 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sakura (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sakura 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 144 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sakura.

Chance of another Sakura in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inCaliforniaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Sakura?

About 1,800 people born in the US named Sakura are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 9 and 21. That makes Sakura mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Sakura by state

How common Sakura was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesFL0.01
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Sakura, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Sakura: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sakura, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Sakura

How popular is the name Sakura?

Sakura was the 2925th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 58 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2186th with 87 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 245 places. More babies were named Sakura in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Sakura a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Sakura in the US.

Where is Sakura most popular?

In 2021–2025, Sakura was most common in California (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by Virginia and Texas.