Sanaya
- #2,859 for girls in 2025, 59 births
- Peak · girls
- 2016 · 135 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,869since 1996
Sanaya over time
Rank among girls' names. Sanaya has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,859 | 59 |
| 2024 | #2,637 | 66 |
| 2023 | #3,181 | 51 |
| 2022 | #2,604 | 67 |
| 2021 | #3,112 | 52 |
| 2020 | #2,100 | 87 |
| 2019 | #2,355 | 76 |
| 2018 | #1,774 | 115 |
| 2017 | #1,804 | 115 |
| 2016 | #1,622 | 135 |
| 2015 | #1,823 | 114 |
| 2014 | #2,010 | 98 |
| 2013 | #2,364 | 77 |
| 2012 | #2,770 | 63 |
| 2011 | #2,868 | 60 |
| 2010 | #2,726 | 65 |
| 2009 | #2,183 | 91 |
| 2008 | #2,630 | 70 |
| 2007 | #2,311 | 83 |
| 2006 | #2,728 | 65 |
| 2005 | #2,787 | 59 |
| 2004 | #2,620 | 63 |
| 2003 | #2,999 | 50 |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sanaya! It came in at #13,518, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1996–1998, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sanaya is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
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- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#1,087 · 1 in 6,025
- Illinois#1,405 · 1 in 8,866
- California#2,093 · 1 in 17,969
Best ever in a state: #579 in New Jersey, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #1,087 | 13 | 1 in 6,025 |
| Illinois | #1,405 | 5 | 1 in 8,866 |
| California | #2,093 | 9 | 1 in 17,969 |
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See more about Sanaya
- 759 spots since 2020 (#2,100 → #2,859)
- Debuted 1996
- Peaked 2016 at #1,622 (135 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,126 girls born in 2016 were named Sanaya (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 27,242 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 49.1% of all girls named Sanaya (918) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19 | #9,479 (1999) | #12,240 |
| 2000s | 550 | #2,183 (2009) | #3,460 |
| 2010s | 918 | #1,622 (2016) | #2,212 |
| 2020s | 382 | #2,100 (2020) | #2,749 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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