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Sakae

“one who is prosperous”

Sakae is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “one who is prosperous.”

Original Japanese栄

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Meaning & origin

What it means

One Japanese interpretation is “one who is prosperous.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sakae through the years

Babies since 1880
115
58 boys · 57 girls
Most popular year
1923
15 babies
2025
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Boys Girls
02.557.510192019401960198020002025Highest share 1922Boys 0.0Girls 0.0
Sakae in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1914–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 181 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Sakae’s family of names

Sakae has a related form in Sakai. Sakae has a related form in Sakaie. Sakae has a related form in Sakay.

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Sakae栄SakaiSakayeSakaySakaie

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Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Sakae

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