Saniah — #7793 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Saniah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,577 babies named Saniah between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saniah currently holds the #7793 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 148 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saniah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 966 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Saniah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 109 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Saniah in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saniah 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 1,577 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.