Sakura

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sakura: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sakura: Recorded every year since 2002, it reached #1,887 in 2018, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#1887highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2003	#2727
2004	#2278
2005	#2970
2006	#2781
2007	#2410
2008	#2292
2009	#2326
2010	#1993
2011	#2432
2012	#2338
2013	#2649
2014	#2659
2015	#2328
2016	#2757
2017	#2201
2018	#1887
2019	#1940
2020	#2615
2021	#3192
2022	#2325
2023	#2504
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #4137 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #1887 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sakura by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sakura in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	59	8 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	113	10 of 10	11
2020s	43	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sakura appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1887 in England and Wales in 2018.

Sakura's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,887, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
23 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
15births registered in its largest year, 2018Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sakina · #885, 29y
Sakshi · #3594, 14y
Salaar · #577, 16y
Salah · #433, 50y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aahana · #1887, 18y
Fflur · #1887, 28y
Ege · #1885, 19y
Ervin · #1889, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aahana · #1887, 18y
Demi-Rose · #1887, 16y
Ege · #1885, 19y
Kaidyn · #1885, 13y

Sakura and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sakura without appearing here.

Sakura moved ahead of

Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2326 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1993 and #5707.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.
Karen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2325 and #4645.
Dianne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2970 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2781 and #5061.

Moved ahead of Sakura

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1743.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1785.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1940 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #1313.
Linnea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #2411.

Moved the opposite way to Sakura

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sakura went from #2278 to #3695 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Blake Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sakura went from #2410 to #3695 while Blake went from #5201 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sakura went from #2292 to #3695 while Ezra went from #3397 to #1302.
Finlay Compare
Between 2002 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Sakura went from #4137 to #1887 while Finlay went from #998 to #4684.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1887 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sakura

Sakura at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sakura by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sakura appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Sakura and the names beside it

Sakura moved ahead of

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Sakura at a glance

Sakura by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sakura appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Sakura and the names beside it

Sakura moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sakura

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