Girls' name · since 1980
Sanela
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 77 babies named Sanela, peaking in 1983. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
77 girls have been named Sanela since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Sanela recorded 77 times among girls since 1980, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2006.
- #30,090 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 77 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sanela ranks #30,090 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 77 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sanela's 77 recorded births place it above 58.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sanela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sanela's full recorded timeline at 1998, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1983 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sanela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2006
- Peak year (1983)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Sanela by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (31 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Sanela's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Sanela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 31 births (40% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sanela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1980–2006 (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 Sanela 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.