Sai
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- #1,852 for boys in 2025, 85 births
- Given to boys 78.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2019 · 81 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,696since 1972
Sai over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #1,852 | 85 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | #2,156 | 68 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | #2,064 | 72 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 | #2,060 | 73 |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | #2,253 | 62 |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 | #1,996 | 71 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | #1,849 | 81 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #2,101 | 67 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #2,450 | 52 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #2,587 | 48 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #2,429 | 52 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #2,402 | 53 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | #2,461 | 50 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #2,448 | 51 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #2,284 | 56 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | #2,632 | 46 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #2,050 | 67 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | #2,237 | 59 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | #2,564 | 48 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | #2,784 | 41 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #2,614 | 42 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | #3,636 | 25 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | #2,847 | 34 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | #2,943 | 31 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #2,681 | 35 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #2,300 | 39 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | — | #3,738 | 18 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,501 | 18 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #2,469 | 26 |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #4,495 | 8 |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five boys were named Sai! It came in at #4,986, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1979, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Sai is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- New Jersey#1,022 · 1 in 7,953
- New York#1,119 · 1 in 8,442
- California#1,299 · 1 in 12,534
- Georgia#1,350 · 1 in 10,044
- Texas#2,080 · 1 in 25,007
Best ever in a state: #414 in Minnesota, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
| New York | #1,119 | 10 | 1 in 8,442 |
| California | #1,299 | 14 | 1 in 12,534 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| Texas | #2,080 | 7 | 1 in 25,007 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sai
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 144 spots since 2020 (#1,996 → #1,852)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2019 at #1,849 (81 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,095
- Highest: 1 in 20,095 boys born in 2025 were named Sai (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,849 in 2019, was only 1 in 22,151 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 32.8% of all boys named Sai (556) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1983
- Mostly girls until 1982, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #4,986 (1972) | #4,986 |
| 1980s | 116 | #2,469 (1989) | #4,080 |
| 1990s | 183 | #2,300 (1999) | #3,781 |
| 2000s | 405 | #2,050 (2009) | #2,789 |
| 2010s | 556 | #1,849 (2019) | #2,364 |
| 2020s | 431 | #1,852 (2025) | #2,064 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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