# Sakina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sakina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,607 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,607 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 716, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 5,038 |
| 2012 | 31 | 4,689 |
| 2013 | 43 | 3,633 |
| 2014 | 36 | 4,167 |
| 2015 | 35 | 4,213 |
| 2016 | 29 | 4,823 |
| 2017 | 29 | 4,790 |
| 2018 | 25 | 5,294 |
| 2019 | 43 | 3,605 |
| 2020 | 45 | 3,440 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3,870 |
| 2022 | 54 | 3,067 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3,757 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,885 |
| 2025 | 59 | 2,889 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 1,015 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,583 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,411 |
| 2015 | 31 | 1,114 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,327 |
| 2017 | 30 | 1,144 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,272 |
| 2019 | 28 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1,161 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,142 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,206 |
| 2024 | 41 | 885 |
| 2025 | 38 | 922 |

## People named Sakina

- Sakina Jaffrey, American actress
- Sakina Akhundzadeh, Azerbaijani playwright
- Səkinə İsmayılova, actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.