Sakura is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “cherry blossoms.” In 2024 it was given to 55 girls in the United States.
Sakura at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Spanish · Portuguese · Japanese
Meaning
“cherry blossoms”
About the name Sakura
Sakura belongs to the Spanish and Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “cherry blossoms” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Sakura first appears in Social Security records in 1970. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2186 in 2012, and in 2024 55 babies received the name — 1,725 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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