Sakinah Girl
How popular is Sakinah?
#6,837 girl name in 2025
16 baby girls were named Sakinah in the US in 2025, making it the 6837th most popular girl name.
Sakinah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,837 for girls (▲ 3429 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 16 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #8,926 in 2015, #9,541 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1976 (52 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,794 in 1976 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sakinah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sakina family of names ranked #1,865 for girls in 2025 (#2,023 the year before), with 75 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sakina | 59 | 79% |
| Sakinah | 16 | 21% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sakinah is most popular
Babies named Sakinah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Sakinah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 275 | #1,794 |
| 1980s | 255 | #2,486 |
| 1990s | 181 | #4,053 |
| 2000s | 148 | #5,169 |
| 2010s | 114 | #7,510 |
| 2020s | 82 | #5,462 |
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Questions
- Is Sakinah a boy or girl name?
- Sakinah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sakinah were girls.
- How popular is the name Sakinah?
- 16 baby girls were named Sakinah in the US in 2025, making it the 6837th most popular girl name.
- When was Sakinah most popular?
- Sakinah peaked in 1976, when 52 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,794 in 1976.
- How many people are named Sakinah?
- 1,055 babies have been named Sakinah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,029 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 36.
- Where is Sakinah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sakinah was most common in Minnesota, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.