Sakina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-KEE-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #914 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,859 for girls
Sakina is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “tranquillity, peace of mind”. In 2025 it ranked 914th for girls in the UK (41 babies) and 2,859th for girls in the US (59 babies).
What does Sakina mean?
Arabic
“tranquillity, peace of mind”
Arabic for tranquillity; the Quran speaks of God sending down sakina, calm, into believers' hearts.
Is Sakina a girl's or a boy's name?
Sakina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 girls in the UK and 59 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sakina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 914th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41 about 1 in 6,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the UK were named Sakina, making it the 914th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 41 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sakina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 65 girls in the UK were given Sakina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #598, up from #914 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 922nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Sakina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #914 |
| 2024 | 41 | #928 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 30 | #1,187 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,201 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,189 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,186 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,160 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,365 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 34 | #1,092 |
| 2010 | 37 | #989 |
| 2009 | 29 | #1,147 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,250 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,381 |
How popular is Sakina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,859th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were named Sakina, making it the 2,859th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had the most girls named Sakina of any year since it first appeared, in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Sakina in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were given Sakina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,785, up from #2,859 for this spelling alone.
Sakina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,859 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,857 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,033 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,716 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,671 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,976 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
Names like Sakina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Amira, Khadija, Safiya, Hafsa, Halima, Aaliyah, Hiba, Aisha, Syeda, Zainab, Amina
Other spellings of Sakina
Names related to Sakina
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Sakina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sakina, updated 20 October 2026.