Sinai
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SY-ny
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,368 for girls
Sinai is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,368th for girls in the US (76 babies).
What does Sinai mean?
Hebrew: biblical place name of uncertain origin
In the Bible, Mount Sinai is where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
Is Sinai a girl's or a boy's name?
Sinai is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 76 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Sinai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Sinai, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Sinai than any year since 2019.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Sinai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Sinai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,368th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 76 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 76 girls in the US were named Sinai, making it the 2,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,712th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 103 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988. 9 boys were also named Sinai in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Sinai in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 89% of the babies named Sinai in the US were girls.
Sinai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #2,368 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,389 |
| 2023 | 103 | #1,922 |
| 2022 | 95 | #2,034 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,250 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,712 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,508 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,744 |
| 2016 | 80 | #2,343 |
| 2015 | 83 | #2,259 |
| 2014 | 96 | #2,038 |
| 2013 | 87 | #2,152 |
| 2012 | 93 | #2,064 |
| 2011 | 92 | #2,088 |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,451 |
| 2009 | 102 | #2,016 |
| 2008 | 86 | #2,267 |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 93 | #2,098 |
| 2005 | 87 | #2,121 |
| 2004 | 73 | #2,342 |
| 2003 | 64 | #2,519 |
| 2002 | 48 | #3,010 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,407 |
| 2000 | 54 | #2,704 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,145 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
Names like Sinai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Raya, Zainab, Summer, Ayah, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Maya, Maryam, Hawa, Anaya, Ayla
Names related to Sinai
Siena, Sian, Siona, Saina, Siani, Sanai, Sianni, Sina, Synai
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Sinai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sinai, updated 20 October 2026.