How Many People Are Named Sakina?
An estimated 1,492 people in the United States have the first name Sakina. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Sakina peaked in popularity in 2024 with 58 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Sakina as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Sakina paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,492
About 1 in 229,728 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
2024
58 births
Total Registered
1,547
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Sakina
Sakina is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,547 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Sakina as a female name
Ranked #2,872 in 2024
58 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (58 births)
Sakina: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Sakina span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 337 babies were registered. While Sakina is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Sakina by Decade
How has Sakina tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Sakina by State
Birth registrations for Sakina span all 9 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, Texas, California. The lowest are in Maryland, Florida, Virginia. On average, about 45 Sakinas were registered per state.
Sakina + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Sakina as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Sakina
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Sakina: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Sakina?
We estimate approximately 1,492 people named Sakina are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 229,728 Americans share this first name.
Is Sakina a common name?
Sakina is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,547 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Sakina most popular?
Sakina reached peak popularity in 2024, when 58 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Sakina is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Sakina a female name?
Sakina is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Sakina Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Sakina Smith, Sakina Johnson, Sakina Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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