Girls' name · since 1987
Sakira
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 108 babies named Sakira, peaking in 1987. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,309 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 108
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sakira sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 108 recorded since 1987.
Sakira has 108 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2024.
- #26,309 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 108 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sakira ranks #26,309 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 108 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,309 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 108
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sakira's 108 recorded births place it above 63.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sakira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sakira's full recorded timeline at 2003, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sakira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2024
- Peak year (1987)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Sakira by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (50 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Sakira's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Sakira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 50 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Sakira's decade-level peak was the 2000s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sakira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1987–2024 (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 Sakira 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.