Sakai vs Sakari
American parents have registered 945 Sakaris since 1880, against 644 Sakais. But in 2025 it was Sakai that was commoner, 131 babies to 57.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Sakai Sakari
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 32 years in which either name was published, Sakari for 27 years and Sakai for 5 years. The lead changed hands 7 times.
Side by side
| Sakai | Sakari | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 644 | 945 |
| Most in one year | 131 | 71 |
| Babies in 2025 | 131 | 57 |
| Estimated living today | 640 | 940 |
| Median age today | 4 | 8 |
| Peak year | 2025 | 2006 |
| Best rank | 1,393rd boys | 3,669th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 1,393rd | 5,099th |
| First recorded | 1998 | 1993 |
| Girls / boys | 90 / 554 | 649 / 296 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Sakaris alive today are over 8; half the Sakais are over 4. That is 4 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Sakai and Sakari.