The first name Sakari
A unisex name.
3 syllables Unisex
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Sakari at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 32 boys born in the United States were named Sakari, the 3,572nd most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2006, when 42 were.
GirlsBoys
945
babies named Sakari since 1880
#3,572
rank in 2025
2006
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Sakari
24 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Sakari TuomiojaFinnish politician and diplomat (1911–1964)
- Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-KoskinenFinnish politician (1830-1903)
- Sakari SalminenFinnish ice hockey player, born 1988
- Sakari OramoFinnish conductor, born 1965
- Sakari ManninenFinnish ice hockey player, born 1992
- Sakari MattilaFootballer, born 1989
- Sakari KuosmanenFinnish singer and actor, born 1956
- Sakari KukkoFinnish musician, born 1953
- Sakari PuistoFinnish politician, born 1976
- Sakari LindforsFinnish ice hockey player and coach, born 1966
- Sakari PälsiFinnish writer (1882–1965)
- Erkki TuomiojaFinnish politician (born 1946)
Questions
- Is Sakari a boy's or a girl's name?
- Both. Of the 945 US babies named Sakari since 1880, 69% were girls and 31% boys.
- When was Sakari most popular?
- 2006 in the United States, when 42 babies were named Sakari, its highest rank at 3,720th.