Girls' name · since 2004
Sanaai
95 babies named Sanaai in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,711 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,075 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sanaai is the #16075 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 95 recorded since 2004.
Sanaai has 95 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16075 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #27,711 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,075 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 95 born since 2004
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sanaai ranks #27,711 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,075 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 95 born since 2004, peaking in the 2000s.
- #27,711 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,075 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sanaai's 95 recorded births place it above 61.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sanaai compares
95 24th percentile among 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
Sanaai's all-time total is 75% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sanaai | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 95 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sanaai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sanaai splits its recorded history at 2010: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sanaai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Sanaai by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (56 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Sanaai's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Sanaai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 56 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Sanaai's decade-level peak was the 2000s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Sanaai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~21 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, 2004–2025 (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 Sanaai 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.