Unisex name · since 2009
Sakhi
Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 34 babies named Sakhi, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,989 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,462 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 34
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sakhi is the #9462 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 34 recorded since 2009.
Sakhi has 34 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9462 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #24,989 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,462 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 34 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sakhi ranks #24,989 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,462 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 34 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,989 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,462 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 34
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sakhi's 34 recorded births place it above 44.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sakhi compares
34 13th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Sakhi's all-time total is 91% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sakhi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 34 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sakhi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sakhi splits its recorded history at 2022: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2009 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sakhi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Sakhi popularity over time - girls
32 total births recorded since 1999 (Sakhi as girls' name)
Sakhi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (21 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Sakhi's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Sakhi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 21 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sakhi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Sakhi 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.