Girls' name · since 1986
Saki
Saki has 308 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 308
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
308 girls have been named Saki since 1986, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saki has been recorded 308 times among girls since 1986, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2020.
- #15,686 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 308 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saki ranks #15,686 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 308 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 308
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Saki's 308 recorded births place it above 78.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Saki's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Saki's full recorded timeline at 2003, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Saki popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2020
- Peak year (1996)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Saki popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 2004 (Saki as boys' name)
Saki by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (116 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Saki's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Saki births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
116 births
- 2000s
2000s
86 births
- 2010s
2010s
81 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 116 births (38% of all-time use).
Saki by state
Where Saki concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 5.2% |
16 of 308 births nationwide.
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What to do with Saki's data
- Saki's decade-level peak was the 1990s (116 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sakis (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Saki: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1986–2020 (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 Saki 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.