Sakinah
Girl · sa-KEE-na · Arabic
Sakinah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “tranquillity, peace of mind”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Sakinah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sakina
“tranquillity, peace of mind”
Arabic for tranquillity; the Quran speaks of God sending down sakina, calm, into believers' hearts.
- Say it
- sa-KEE-na
Meaning borrowed from Sakina.
Is Sakinah a girl's or a boy's name?
Sakinah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sakinah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Sakinah, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sakinah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. 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 Sakinah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #598, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Sakinah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Sakinah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Sakinah, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1976, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Sakinah in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were given Sakinah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,785, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Sakinah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 32 | #2,970 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,457 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,720 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,900 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,486 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,931 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,629 |
| 1977 | 34 | #2,515 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,794 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,278 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,565 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,523 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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