Sakya — girls' name
15 babies named Sakya in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Sakya was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Sakya in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sakya
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Sakya between 2003 and 2015, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sakya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sakya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sakya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sakya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 15 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sakya at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sakya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2003
- Peak year (2003)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
15 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 5 births in a single year.
Sakya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 10 births that decade — 67% of Sakya's all-time total
Sakya decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sakya's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.