Sakani
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- sah-KAH-nee
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Sakani is a name. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
Where does Sakani come from?
Uncertain origin
Is Sakani a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sakani has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls and 18 boys in the US.
How popular is Sakani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Sakani, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 2019. 14 girls were also named Sakani in 2025 (7,489th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Sakani in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 44% of the babies named Sakani in the US were girls.
Sakani in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
Names like Sakani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shivansh, Avyaan, Navi, Krishiv, Santi, Aviraj, Aarav, Avi, Vihaan, Ivaan, Javi, Veer
Names related to Sakani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sakani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sakani, updated 20 October 2026.