Sanaiya — #9936 US girls' name
356 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.
More common than 44% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Sanaiya was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Sanaiya in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sanaiya
The Social Security Administration has registered 356 babies named Sanaiya between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sanaiya currently holds the #9936 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 38 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanaiya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sanaiya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Sanaiya in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sanaiya 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 356 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.
Sanaiya at a glance
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Current rank
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Sanaiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2008)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #9936 among girls.
356 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 38 births in a single year.
Sanaiya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 204 births that decade — 57% of Sanaiya's all-time total
Sanaiya decade highlights
- Peak decade 204 births
- Runner-up 111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sanaiya's strongest decade
204 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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 | 5.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 1.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.4% |
19 of 356 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.3% of nationwide
- Texas 1.7% of nationwide
- New York 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2002–2024 (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.