Sakeenah
Ruqayya bint al-Ḥusayn is said to have been a daughter of Husayn ibn Ali, the third imam in Twelver Shia. Husayn and a small group of his supporters were massacred in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE on the order of the Umayyad caliph Yazid.
Meaning & Origin of Sakeenah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ruqayya bint al-Ḥusayn is said to have been a daughter of Husayn ibn Ali, the third imam in Twelver Shia. Husayn and a small group of his supporters were massacred in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE on the order of the Umayyad caliph Yazid.
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The Story of Sakeenah
Sakeenah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1976, with 13 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1979, when 21 Sakeenahs were born — ranking #3,668 that year. As of 2026, Sakeenah ranks #15,243 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 250 Sakeenahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Sakeenah
Sakeenah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 250 births in the dataset. Sakeenah's peak popularity came in 1979 when it ranked #3,668. Use the chart and map above to compare Sakeenah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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