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Sinai

Feminine

Sinai is given to both — 2,286 girls and 249 boys since 1880. See other names given to both

1988high 2023
#2368 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare76 girls in 2025

Sinai is the mountain of the law — and its name may come from Sin, a Mesopotamian moon god.

How old is the name Sinai?

Sinai first appears in US birth records in 1988 — 37 years ago. The typical Sinai alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 2,300 people named Sinai are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Sinai most popular?

Sinai peaked in 2023, reaching #1922 nationally. Today it ranks #2368, 446 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Sinai

Sinai is where the law is given in Exodus, and the mountain's own name may honor a Mesopotamian moon god — a possibility that has interested scholars considerably. The burning bush connection through seneh is the other candidate. Sinai appears in American records as a given name in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

Not established

The mountain's name is not settled. The commonest proposal derives it from Sin, the Mesopotamian moon god; another connects it to the Hebrew seneh, 'thornbush', the burning bush. Neither is established. The place is documented; the etymology is not.

Pronouncing Sinai

SY-ny

Two syllables, stress on the first. Some say SY-nay-eye with three.

Nicknames for Sinai

Moderate

SinaThe front of the name, and a name in its own right in Samoan
NaiThe back sound alone, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1988–20251035201037619882025

US babies named Sinai per year from 1988 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#19221980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1988
Most girls named
2023103 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1922reached in 2023
Change vs 2024
0.0%76 in 2025, from 76
Sinai sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2023, with 103 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Sinai in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • סיני in Hebrew — transliteration
  • سيناء in Arabic — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.

Sinais among us

2,300

people named Sinai are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 21,148 born in 2025 was named Sinai

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Sinai

#2368
Sinai on the 2025 chart
#851
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Sinai went to 76 girls in 2025, but Synai and Cynai are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 109, which makes it the 851st most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,517 places above the chart.

  • Sinai76
  • Synai22
  • Cynai11

About 1 girl in 14,746 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 21,148 for Sinai itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Naimah test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sinai's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Naimah climbed just as high around 1977, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Naimah's path sketches the road Sinai is walking now.

40%chance Sinai will feel “very 2000s” by 2040
Sinai, aligned on its peakNaimah· peak 1977not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+50 yrsNaimah · #5924Sinai today
Sinai today is about where Naimah stood in 1979 — 2 years past a #1922-sized peak. By 1994, Naimah had settled around #4459.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Sinai sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Sinai is headed

19882030

US babies named Sinai per year, 1988 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Sinai should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+14% by 2030projected around #2,251 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Sinai beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Sinai in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Sinaithis name76#2368Eevee76#2368Roya76#2368Jaziyah76#2368Mariama76#2368

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That the mountain of the law may be named for a moon god is a first-rate fact.
  • The burning-bush alternative is equally good.
  • It is instantly recognized.
What to consider
  • The etymology is genuinely unsettled.
  • It is a place name and reads as one.
  • The pronunciation splits between two readings.

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Frequently asked

How many Sinais are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,300 people named Sinai are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Sinai?
Sinai is the most-used spelling in US records — 76 of the 109 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Synai and Cynai.
How popular is the name Sinai in 2025?
Sinai ranks #2368 among US girl names in 2025, with 76 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Sinai?
About 1 in every 21,148 US girls born in 2025 was named Sinai — 76 in all.
Will my child share the name Sinai with classmates?
Sinai will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Sinai

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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