Sana — #1442 US girls' name
4,722 babies named Sana in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Sana was born in this single decade.
180 babies were named Sana in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sana
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,722 babies named Sana between 1923 and 2024, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sana currently holds the #1442 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 180 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sana performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,222 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Sana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 868 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sana in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,722 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sana at a glance
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Current rank
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Sana popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1923
- Peak year (2022)
- 180
- Annual births at peak — across 102 years of records
Currently ranks #1442 among girls.
4,722 total births across 102 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 180 births in a single year.
Sana popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1985 (Sana as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Sana accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,222 births that decade — 26% of Sana's all-time total
Sana decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,222 births
- Runner-up 1,186 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sana's strongest decade
1,222 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Sana by state
Where Sana concentrates geographically — total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 868 | 18.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 563 | 11.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 404 | 8.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 368 | 7.8% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 244 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 178 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 86 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Florida | | 72 | 1.5% |
868 of 4,722 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.4% of nationwide
- New York 11.9% of nationwide
- Texas 8.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 7.8% of nationwide
- New Jersey 5.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Sana appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1923–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.