Girls' name · since 1976
Sakeenah
255 babies named Sakeenah in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,364 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 255
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sakeenah currently ranks #15364 among girls' names in America, with 255 babies recorded since 1976.
Sakeenah has 255 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15364 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #17,429 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,364 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 255 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sakeenah ranks #17,429 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,364 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 255 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,364 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 255
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sakeenah's 255 recorded births place it above 75.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
How Sakeenah compares
255 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sakeenah's all-time total is 32% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sakeenah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 255 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sakeenah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sakeenah's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 35% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 65%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sakeenah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (1979)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Sakeenah by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (89 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Sakeenah's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Sakeenah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
68 births
- 1980s
1980s
89 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 89 births (35% of all-time use).
Sakeenah by state
Where Sakeenah concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 29 | 11.4% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 2.4% |
29 of 255 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Sakeenah's data
- Sakeenah's decade-level peak was the 1980s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Sakeenahs (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sakeenah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sakeenah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.