Girls' name · since 1974
Sanae
324 babies named Sanae in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,290 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,556 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 324
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sanae currently ranks #13556 among girls' names in America, with 324 babies recorded since 1974.
Sanae has 324 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13556 as of the latest data, more common than 22% 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 1974 to 2025.
- #15,290 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,556 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 324 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sanae ranks #15,290 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,556 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 324 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,290 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,556 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 324
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sanae's 324 recorded births place it above 78.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sanae compares
324 46th 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
Sanae's all-time total is 14% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sanae | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 324 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sanae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sanae splits its recorded history at 2007: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sanae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Sanae by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (194 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Sanae's strongest decade.
194 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Sanae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
194 births
- 2010s 63
2010s
63 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 194 births (60% of all-time use).
Sanae by state
Where Sanae concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 3.1% |
10 of 324 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sanae's data
- Sanae's decade-level peak was the 2000s (194 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sanaes (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sanae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Sanae 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.