Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Sakura

Gender

Female

Origin

Japanese
Cherry Blossom.
Cherry blossom

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Fruit
  • Nature

Pronunciation

s(a)-ku-ra

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #2156, 87 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2895, 58 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
202558
202455
202347
202251
202158
202053
201960
201860
201768
201660

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #1887, 15 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2604, 10 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202510
20246
202310
202211
20217
20209
201914
201815
201712
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #1468, 25 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2031, 14 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202314
202211
202116
202018
201915
201825
201712
201611
201515
201416

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2005 (rank #503, 6 births); most recent 2017 (rank #676, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20175
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence