NameTides

Sanaa

Sanaa was the #2,099 girls' name in the US in 2025 (89 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Sanaa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Sanaa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Sanaa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,099 (89)#3,705 (6)—#1,577 (15)
2024#2,362 (77)#1,895 (15)—#2,445 (8)
2023#2,124 (90)#2,689 (9)—#2,366 (8)
2022#2,048 (94)#2,325 (11)—#2,133 (9)
2021#1,851 (108)#1,962 (14)—#2,185 (9)
2020#1,494 (143)#3,899 (5)—#2,163 (9)
2019#1,569 (136)#2,643 (9)—#1,683 (13)
2018#1,386 (162)#1,490 (21)—#1,507 (15)
2017#1,240 (192)#1,995 (14)—#1,333 (18)
2016#1,158 (217)#1,749 (17)—#1,690 (13)
2015#1,227 (201)#1,549 (20)—#2,011 (10)
2014#1,140 (219)#1,562 (19)—#2,374 (8)
2013#1,203 (199)#1,324 (25)—#1,305 (18)
2012#1,060 (237)#1,075 (32)—#2,338 (8)
2011#898 (290)#937 (38)—#1,361 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #605.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 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 18,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sanaa is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sanaa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: 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: #1,281NCSouth 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: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Sanaa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SanaaCanadaGirls#1,57715
SanaaEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
SanaaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SanaaScotlandGirls—too few
SanaaUSGirls#2,09989