girls:
56 births since 2019
#5660 (1st percentile)
boys:
103 births since 2019
#4483 (2nd percentile)
overall:
159 births since 2019
#7580 (2nd percentile)
The name Sakani is the #7,580 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 159 recorded births since 2019. This represents the 2.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,483 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 103 births since 2019. For girls, it ranks #5,660 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 56 births since 2019.
Sakani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2019 .
The name Sakani has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 70.4% of babies named Sakani were boys.
For boys, Sakani reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #882) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sakani ranks #897 for boys (1.5% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 80.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Sakani reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #935) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Sakani ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 56.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sakani".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sakani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.3% confident that Sakani is pronounced as suh-KAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sah-KAH-nee, at 18.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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