Sekai
Mostly boys · seh-KYE
Sekai is a name. In 2025 it ranked 2,421st for boys in the US (56 babies).
Where does Sekai come from?
Japanese sekai means 'world'; Sekai is also a Shona name meaning 'laugh'
- Say it
- seh-KYE
Is Sekai a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sekai has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 56 boys in the US.
How popular is Sekai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,421among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were named Sekai, making it the 2,421st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. It first appears in the records in 2001. 6 girls were also named Sekai in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Sekai of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Sekai in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sekai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,421 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
Names like Sekai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sakai Kasai Kairo Tru Zakai Jasai Jakai Loki Kaizen Rumi Akari Akai