Sanem — #8897 US girls' name
63 babies named Sanem in U.S. Social Security records since 2021, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 50% of names given to girls today.
100% of everyone ever named Sanem was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Sanem in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sanem
The Social Security Administration has registered 63 babies named Sanem between 2021 and 2024, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sanem currently holds the #8897 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanem performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sanem in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sanem 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 63 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.
Sanem at a glance
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Current rank
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Sanem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2021
- Peak year (2021)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
Currently ranks #8897 among girls.
63 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 23 births in a single year.
Sanem by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 63 births that decade — 100% of Sanem's all-time total
Sanem decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Sanem's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Sanem by state
Where Sanem concentrates geographically — total births since 2021
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 23.8% |
15 of 63 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 23.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 23.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 2021–2024 (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.