Girls' name · since 2021
Sanem
Sanem has 73 recorded births since 2021 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,711 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,050 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 73
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sanem currently ranks #10050 among girls' names in America, with 73 babies recorded since 2021.
Social Security Administration records show Sanem recorded 73 times among girls since 2021, holding rank #10050 nationally today, ahead of 42% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.
- #30,711 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,050 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 73 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sanem ranks #30,711 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,050 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 73 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,711 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,050 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 73
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sanem's 73 recorded births place it above 57.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sanem compares
73 20th 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
Sanem's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sanem | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 73 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sanem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sanem splits its recorded history at 2023: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2025 (10 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sanem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Sanem by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (73 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Sanem's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Sanem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 73 births (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 | 20.5% |
15 of 73 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sanem's data
- California records the most Sanems (15 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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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, 2021–2025 (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 Sanem 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.