girls:
596 births since 1993
#5120 (10th percentile)
boys:
223 births since 1997
#4363 (5th percentile)
overall:
819 births since 1993
#6920 (11th percentile)
The name Sakari is the #6,920 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 819 recorded births since 1993. This represents the 10.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,120 (10.4% percentile) for all time with 596 births since 1993. For boys, it ranks #4,363 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 223 births since 1997.
Sakari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1993 (1993 for girls and 1997 for boys). Birth data for Sakari is available in 30 out of the 31 years between 1993 and 2023 (29 years for girls and 16 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Sakari has been given predominantly to girls, with 72.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 49.3% of babies named Sakari were girls.
For girls, Sakari reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #929) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sakari is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #917 (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million.
For boys, Sakari reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #880) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sakari is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #880 (3.4% percentile) with 20 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sakari".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sakari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.3% confident that Sakari is pronounced as suh-KAH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sah-KAH-ree, at 29.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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