Recorded 2003–2017 Girls' name Peak 2009 116 births

Sanaiyah — girls' name

116 babies named Sanaiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s752010s41
2000s
Peak decade

65% of everyone ever named Sanaiyah was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

22 babies were named Sanaiyah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sanaiyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 116 babies named Sanaiyah between 2003 and 2017, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sanaiyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanaiyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sanaiyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sanaiyah 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 116 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.

Sanaiyah at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

116

Since 2003

15 years of records

Peak year

2009

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2003

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 2017

Sanaiyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2003

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2009)
22
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
0510152025 2017201320112009200720052003 6

Sanaiyah by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
75 births that decade — 65% of Sanaiyah's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sanaiyah?
116 babies have been named Sanaiyah since 2003. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2009 with 22 births.
When was Sanaiyah most popular?
Sanaiyah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 75 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Sanaiyah been used?
Sanaiyah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2003, spanning 15 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Sanaiyah?
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, 2003–2017 (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.