Recorded 2003–2012 Girls' name Peak 2011 54 births

Sanaiah — girls' name

54 babies named Sanaiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s322010s22
2000s
Peak decade

59% of everyone ever named Sanaiah was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

11 babies were named Sanaiah in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sanaiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 54 babies named Sanaiah between 2003 and 2012, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sanaiah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanaiah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sanaiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sanaiah 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 54 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.

Sanaiah at a glance

Last recorded 2012

Total births

54

Since 2003

10 years of records

Peak year

2011

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2012

Active since

2003

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 2012

Sanaiah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2003

Last recorded 2012
Peak year (2011)
11
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
4681012 20122011201020092007200620052003 5

Sanaiah by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
32 births that decade — 59% of Sanaiah's all-time total
2000s322010s22

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sanaiah?
54 babies have been named Sanaiah since 2003. It was last recorded in 2012. The peak year was 2011 with 11 births.
When was Sanaiah most popular?
Sanaiah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 32 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Sanaiah been used?
Sanaiah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2003, spanning 10 years of data through 2012.
What names are similar to Sanaiah?
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, 2003–2012 (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.