Recorded 1998–2025 · United States
Sakai was most popular in 2025, when 131 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,940 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,940, with 131 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 644 people named Sakai.
Sakai first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1998, which makes it about 27 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 27 of the 28 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 644 American births named Sakai between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 638 are estimated to be alive today.
131 American babies were named Sakai in 2025, ranking #2,940 that year.
Sakai is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 69 births a year, against 12 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +473% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Sakai is mostly a boy’s name — 14.0% of the 644 Americans given it were girls and 86.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 7% girls and 93% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 638 Americans named Sakai are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 5 years old, and half are between 2 and 16.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org