Girls' name · since 1977
Sanaa
Sanaa has 6,146 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,258 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,106 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,146
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sanaa is the #2106 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 6,146 recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sanaa has been recorded 6,146 times among girls since 1977, currently ranked #2106 nationally and more common than 88% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #2,258 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,106 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,146 born since 1977
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sanaa ranks #2,258 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,106 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,146 born since 1977, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,258 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,106 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,146
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sanaa's 6,146 recorded births place it above 96.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Sanaa compares
6,146 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sanaa's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sanaa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,146 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 482 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sanaa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sanaa's full recorded timeline at 2004, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 482 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sanaa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 482
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Sanaa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (3,178 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Sanaa's strongest decade.
3,178 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Sanaa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 56
1980s
56 births
- 1990s 104
1990s
104 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,178 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,202 births
- 2020s 601
2020s
601 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 3,178 births (52% of all-time use).
How Sanaa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sanaa's total volume
Sanaa by state
Where Sanaa concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 663 | 10.8% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 540 | 8.8% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 437 | 7.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 389 | 6.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 372 | 6.1% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 337 | 5.5% |
| #7 | California | | 332 | 5.4% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 293 | 4.8% |
663 of 6,146 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Sanaa appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sanaa's data
- Sanaa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (3,178 total births); usage has since declined to 601 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Sanaas (663 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sanaa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~48 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sanaa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.