Sakari
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- SAH-kah-ree
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Sakari is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Sakari mean?
Hebrew: Finnish form of Zachary
“God has remembered”
Sakari is the Finnish form of Zechariah, the name of a biblical prophet.
Is Sakari a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sakari has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls and 32 boys in the US.
How popular is Sakari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Sakari, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993. 32 boys were also named Sakari in 2025 (3,512th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Sakari than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Sakari in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2007, 83% of the babies named Sakari in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 44%, with more boys than girls since 2023.
Sakari in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 42 | #3,668 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
Names like Sakari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Suki, Sayuri, Miyori, Kiyomi, Yuri, Saori, Rumi, Kyomi, Yumi, Dakota, Tru, Sarahi
Names related to Sakari
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Sakari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sakari, updated 20 October 2026.