Sanaya Girl
How popular is Sanaya?
#2,859 girl name in 2025
59 baby girls were named Sanaya in the US in 2025, making it the 2859th most popular girl name.
Sanaya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,859 for girls (▼ 222 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 59 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,823 in 2015, #2,100 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (135 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,622 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1996 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sanaya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sanaya family of names ranked #2,067 for girls in 2025 (#1,803 the year before), with 64 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sanaya | 59 | 92% |
| Sanayah | 5 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sanaya is most popular
Babies named Sanaya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Sanaya by decade
Girl names about as popular as Sanaya
Questions
- Is Sanaya a boy or girl name?
- Sanaya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sanaya were girls.
- How popular is the name Sanaya?
- 59 baby girls were named Sanaya in the US in 2025, making it the 2859th most popular girl name.
- When was Sanaya most popular?
- Sanaya peaked in 2016, when 135 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,622 in 2016.
- How many people are named Sanaya?
- 1,869 babies have been named Sanaya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,858 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Sanaya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sanaya was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.