Sakae (written: 栄, 榮 or さかえ in hiragana) is a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Sakae Menda (免田 栄) (born 1925), Japanese activist
Mōkonami Sakae (猛虎浪 栄) (born 1984), Mongolian sumo wrestler
Sakae Morimoto (森本 さかえ) (born 1977), Japanese field hockey player
Sakae Ōba (大場 栄) (1914–1992), Japanese military officer
Sakae Osugi (大杉 栄) (1885–1923), Japanese anarchist
Sakae Saitō (斉藤 栄) (born 1933), Japanese writer
Sakae Takahashi, Japanese footballer
Sakae Tamura (photographer) (田村 榮) (1906–1987), Japanese photographer
Sakae Tamura (nature photographer) (田村 栄) (1910–2003), Japanese photographer
Sakae Tsuboi (壺井 栄) (1899–1967), Japanese writer and poet