Sakura
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Japanese
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,895 for girls
Sakura is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).
What does Sakura mean?
Japanese
A female given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sakura a girl's or a boy's name?
Sakura is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 58 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sakura in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Sakura, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sakura in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Sakura in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Sakura in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,895among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Sakura, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,015th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 87 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Sakura in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sakura in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,895 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,976 |
| 2023 | 47 | #3,386 |
| 2022 | 51 | #3,170 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,892 |
| 2020 | 53 | #3,015 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,784 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,809 |
| 2017 | 68 | #2,573 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,646 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,712 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,408 |
| 2012 | 87 | #2,160 |
| 2011 | 81 | #2,298 |
| 2010 | 80 | #2,360 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 76 | #2,485 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,433 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,728 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,707 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,228 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 59 | #2,567 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Sakura
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Amira Khadija Hafsa Aaliyah Hiba Amaya Zainab Safiya Anaya Raya Halima
Names related to Sakura
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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, “Sakura: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sakura, updated 20 October 2026.