Recorded 2003–2016 Girls' name Peak 2008 35 births

Sanaah — girls' name

35 babies named Sanaah in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s302010s5
2000s
Peak decade

86% of everyone ever named Sanaah was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

7 babies were named Sanaah in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sanaah

The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Sanaah between 2003 and 2016, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sanaah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanaah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sanaah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sanaah 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 35 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.

Sanaah at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

35

Since 2003

14 years of records

Peak year

2008

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

2003

Recorded for 14 years

Last year on file: 2016

Sanaah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2003

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2008)
7
Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 201620092008200620042003 6

Sanaah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
30 births that decade — 86% of Sanaah's all-time total
2000s302010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sanaah?
35 babies have been named Sanaah since 2003. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2008 with 7 births.
When was Sanaah most popular?
Sanaah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 30 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Sanaah been used?
Sanaah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2003, spanning 14 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Sanaah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sandra, Sandy, Sandi, Saniyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2003–2016 (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.