Girls' name · since 1975
Sakena
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 47 babies named Sakena, peaking in 1975. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #35,773 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sakena is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 47 have been recorded since 1975.
Sakena has 47 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1994.
- #35,773 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 47 born since 1975
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sakena ranks #35,773 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 1975, peaking in the 1970s.
- #35,773 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sakena's 47 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sakena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sakena's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sakena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1994
- Peak year (1975)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Sakena by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (18 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Sakena's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Sakena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 18 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Sakena's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 1990s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sakena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1975–1994 (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 Sakena 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.