Girls' name · since 2002
Sanaiya
365 babies named Sanaiya in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,309 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,475 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 365
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sanaiya currently ranks #11475 among girls' names in America, with 365 babies recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sanaiya has been recorded 365 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #11475 nationally and more common than 34% 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 2002 to 2025.
- #14,309 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,475 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 365 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sanaiya ranks #14,309 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,475 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 365 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,309 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,475 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 365
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sanaiya's 365 recorded births place it above 80.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sanaiya compares
365 49th 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
Sanaiya's all-time total is 3% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sanaiya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 365 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sanaiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sanaiya splits its recorded history at 2012: 32% of all births land in the more recent half, 68% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 38 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sanaiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Sanaiya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (204 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Sanaiya's strongest decade.
204 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Sanaiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
204 births
- 2010s
2010s
111 births
- 2020s 50
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 204 births (56% of all-time use).
Sanaiya by state
Where Sanaiya concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 19 | 5.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 1.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.4% |
19 of 365 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Sanaiya's data
- Sanaiya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (204 total births); usage has since declined to 50 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sanaiyas (19 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 Sanaiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Sanaiya 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.