Satori
Mostly girls · sa-TOR-ee · Japanese
Satori is a name of Japanese origin, meaning “enlightenment, understanding”. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Satori mean?
Japanese: Japanese Buddhist term
“enlightenment, understanding”
In Zen Buddhism, satori is the experience of sudden awakening or insight.
- Say it
- sa-TOR-ee
Is Satori a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Satori has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Satori in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Satori, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988. 11 boys were also named Satori in 2025 (7,190th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Satori in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 70% of the babies named Satori in the US were girls.
Satori in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
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