girls:
1.7k births since 1970
#4094 (28th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1970
#6081 (21st percentile)
The name Sakura is the #6,081 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,668 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 21.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,094 (28.4% percentile) for all time with 1,668 births since 1970.
Sakura first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for girls in 1970). Birth data for Sakura is available in 42 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Sakura reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 8.8% percentile (ranked #855) with 45 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 45 births per million (ranked 8.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Sakura ranks #906 for girls (4.3% percentile) with 26 births per million, which is 58.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sakura".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Sakura. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Sakura is pronounced as suh-KOO-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is suh-KUE-ruh, at 16.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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