Unisex name · since 2001
Sekai
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 284 babies named Sekai, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,927 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,445 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 284
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sekai is the #2445 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 284 recorded since 2001.
Sekai has 284 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2445 as of the latest data, more common than 82% 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 2001 to 2025.
- #10,927 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,445 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 284 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sekai ranks #10,927 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,445 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 284 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,927 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,445 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 284
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sekai's 284 recorded births place it above 75.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Sekai compares
284 44th 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
Sekai's all-time total is 23% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sekai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 284 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 56 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sekai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sekai splits its recorded history at 2015: 77% of all births land in the more recent half, 23% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 56 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sekai popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 56
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Sekai popularity over time - girls
88 total births recorded since 2000 (Sekai as girls' name)
Sekai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (185 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Sekai's strongest decade.
185 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Sekai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 46
2000s
46 births
- 2010s 53
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
185 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 185 births (65% of all-time use).
Sekai by state
Where Sekai concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 8 | 2.8% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Texas | | 5 | 1.8% |
8 of 284 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Florida records the most Sekais (8 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sekai: 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 (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Sekai 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.