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How popular is the name Sai?

Births per year, rank history and how many Sais are alive today.

Sai (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1093rd in 2025 and given to 27 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2024, when 38 babies were given the name, the 847th most popular that year. Sai is one spelling of a name also recorded as Cy; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Sai you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Sais born in England and Wales are between 8 and 24, and there are at least 710 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Sai - on average, only one in every 427 such rooms contains a Sai.

How many babies are named Sai each year?

Includes all spellings: Sai, Cy. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

02040200020201996: 131997: 111998: 151999: 112000: 152001: 132002: 192003: 132004: 212005: 192006: 242007: 252008: 182009: 242010: 172011: 282012: 282013: 182014: 292015: 222016: 302017: 272018: 182019: 212020: 152021: 192022: 202023: 282024: 412025: 27actual

Where does the Sai spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,3571997: ranked 1,4541998: ranked 1,8211999: ranked 1,8502000: ranked 2,1422001: ranked 2,5872002: ranked 1,1282003: ranked 1,6292004: ranked 1,2802005: ranked 1,3772006: ranked 1,1682007: ranked 1,3062008: ranked 1,5112009: ranked 1,2652010: ranked 1,6202011: ranked 1,0452012: ranked 9982013: ranked 1,3392014: ranked 1,0612015: ranked 1,1862016: ranked 9742017: ranked 1,0682018: ranked 1,3822019: ranked 1,2172020: ranked 1,5482021: ranked 1,3292022: ranked 1,3142023: ranked 1,0422024: ranked 8472025: ranked 1,093

Where does the Cy spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 1,3371997: ranked 2,8591998: ranked 1,3671999: ranked 2,0972000: ranked 1,3302001: ranked 1,4672002: ranked 2,2542003: ranked 2,8572004: ranked 2,0702005: ranked 2,7542006: ranked 2,5382007: ranked 2,2112008: ranked 3,6872009: ranked 3,2272010: ranked 4,6782011: ranked 4,6472014: ranked 4,6322024: ranked 5,120

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Sai most popular?

Sai peaked in 2024, when 41 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Sai?

At least 710 people named Sai in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Sai?

Most living Sais are between 8 and 24; the most common age is about 2.

Is Sai becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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