Girls' name · since 2013
Sansa
Sansa has 265 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,046 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,896 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 265
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sansa is the #5896 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 265 recorded since 2013.
Sansa has 265 recorded births among girls since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5896 as of the latest data, more common than 66% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #17,046 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,896 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 265 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sansa ranks #17,046 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,896 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 265 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,046 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,896 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 265
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sansa's 265 recorded births place it above 76.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sansa compares
265 42nd 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
Sansa's all-time total is 30% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sansa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 265 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sansa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sansa's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 11 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 30, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sansa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Sansa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (147 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Sansa's strongest decade.
147 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Sansa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
147 births
- 2020s
2020s
118 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 147 births (55% of all-time use).
Sansa by state
Where Sansa concentrates geographically, total births since 2013
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 6.4% |
17 of 265 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sansa's data
- Sansa's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (147 total births) through the 2020s (118) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Sansas (17 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sansa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2013–2025 (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 Sansa 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.