How Many People Are Named Sakura?
people named Sakura are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 193,426 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,783 babies named Sakura in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
87 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Japanese ๆก (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom", though it is often written ใใใ using the hiragana writing system. It can also come from ๅฒ (saku) meaning "blossom" and ่ฏ (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" as well as other kanji combinations.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sakura in the records were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Sakura alive today is about 14 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 20 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Sakura first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 2012, to 87 babies. In 2025, 58 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Sakura has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,186, in 2012. In 2025 it ranked #2,925.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,925 |
| Best rank | #2,186 (2012) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,549 in the 2010s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Sakura alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sakura were born in California than in any other state: about 320 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sakura was given 4 times as often in California, 2.4 times in New York and 1.3 times in Texas.
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