NameTides

Sana

Sana was the #1,427 girls' name in the US in 2025 (151 babies), and #568 in England & Wales and #611 in Canada.

Sana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Sana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,427 (151)#568 (70)—#544 (6)#611 (49)
2024#1,446 (152)#686 (55)#638 (4)#736 (4)#527 (57)
2023#1,319 (172)#637 (57)—#727 (4)#551 (53)
2022#1,309 (180)#462 (91)——#615 (46)
2021#1,791 (113)#544 (74)#652 (4)—#607 (49)
2020#2,023 (92)#514 (78)——#613 (47)
2019#1,495 (146)#616 (64)#765 (3)#871 (3)#676 (44)
2018#1,554 (139)#633 (64)#680 (4)—#655 (45)
2017#1,580 (138)#493 (88)#570 (5)#873 (3)#680 (43)
2016#1,729 (122)#529 (80)—#661 (5)#688 (43)
2015#1,667 (128)#496 (87)——#727 (39)
2014#1,757 (118)#484 (88)#802 (3)—#544 (57)
2013#1,918 (104)#408 (104)——#629 (46)
2012#2,003 (97)#397 (117)——#695 (41)
2011#1,655 (129)#332 (145)#579 (5)#695 (5)#873 (30)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,309.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1923.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sana is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,300 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sana by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,028NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #754CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,268TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sana (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#50625
Quebec2025#5917

Sana (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SanaCanadaGirls#61149
SanaEngland & WalesGirls#56870
SanaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
SanaIrelandGirls#5446
SanaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SanaScotlandGirls—too few
SanaUSGirls#1,427151
SanaUSBoys—too few