Recorded 2001–2022 Girls' name Peak 2007 266 births

Sanyia — girls' name

266 babies named Sanyia in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s1662010s872020s13
2000s
Peak decade

62% of everyone ever named Sanyia was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

31 babies were named Sanyia in 2007 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sanyia

The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Sanyia between 2001 and 2022, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sanyia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanyia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 166 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sanyia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sanyia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sanyia 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 266 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.

Sanyia at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

266

Since 2001

22 years of records

Peak year

2007

31 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2001

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2022

Sanyia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2001

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2007)
31
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
010203040 2022201620122009200620032001 5

Sanyia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
166 births that decade — 62% of Sanyia's all-time total
2000s1662010s872020s13

Sanyia by state

Where Sanyia concentrates geographically — total births since 2001

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sanyia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 North Carolina
5 1.9%
North Carolina share of Sanyia's total US births 1.9%

5 of 266 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sanyia?
266 babies have been named Sanyia since 2001. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2007 with 31 births.
When was Sanyia most popular?
Sanyia was most popular in the 2000s decade with 166 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
Where is Sanyia most popular?
The top states for the name Sanyia are North Carolina (5 births).
How long has the name Sanyia been used?
Sanyia has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 22 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Sanyia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sandra, Sandy, Sandi, Saniyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2001–2022 (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.