Is Sai a boy or girl name?

Sai is a unisex name. Of the 2,159 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 21.4% were girls and 78.5% were boys.

Sai

Recorded 1972–2025 · United States

Sai was most popular in 2019, when 96 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,611 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,721, with 93 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,159 people named Sai.

Sai over time

Births per year. The dot marks Sai’s peak in 2019. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Sai a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Sai is a unisex name — 21.4% of the 2,159 Americans given it were girls and 78.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 18% girls and 82% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Sai

Where Sai is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org