Girls' name · since 1894
Sanna
Sanna has 731 recorded births since 1894 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,273 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,964 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 731
- born since 1894
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sanna currently ranks #10964 among girls' names in America, with 731 babies recorded since 1894.
Sanna has 731 recorded births among girls since 1894, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10964 as of the latest data, more common than 37% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1894 to 2025.
- #9,273 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,964 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 731 born since 1894
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sanna ranks #9,273 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,964 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 731 born since 1894, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,273 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,964 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 731
- born since 1894
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sanna's 731 recorded births place it above 87.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sanna compares
731 Top 38% higher than 62% of 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
Sanna's all-time total is 94% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sanna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 731 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sanna splits its recorded history at 1988: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1929 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1894–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 132 years of records
Sanna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (136 births, 19% of the file).
2000s was Sanna's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Sanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 7
1890s
7 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 19
1930s
19 births
- 1940s 45
1940s
45 births
- 1950s
1950s
68 births
- 1960s 35
1960s
35 births
- 1970s
1970s
67 births
- 1980s
1980s
92 births
- 1990s
1990s
100 births
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s
2010s
88 births
- 2020s
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 136 births (19% of all-time use).
How Sanna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sanna's total volume
Sanna by state
Where Sanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1894
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 2.1% |
15 of 731 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sanna's data
- Sanna's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (136 total births) through the 2020s (69) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Sannas (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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Two nationwide peer axes for Sanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~131 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, 1894–2025 (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 Sanna 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.