NameTides

Sanaya

Sanaya was the #2,859 girls' name in the US in 2025 (59 babies), and #1,809 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Sanaya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sanaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Sanaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,859 (59)#1,809 (16)#2,282 (9)
2024#2,637 (66)#1,065 (32)#2,685 (7)
2023#3,181 (51)#1,705 (17)#2,027 (10)
2022#2,604 (67)#1,452 (21)#2,835 (6)
2021#3,112 (52)#1,962 (14)#2,021 (10)
2020#2,100 (87)#1,397 (22)#1,758 (12)
2019#2,355 (76)#980 (36)#1,600 (14)
2018#1,774 (115)#1,170 (29)#1,639 (13)
2017#1,804 (115)#889 (43)#949 (28)
2016#1,622 (135)#852 (44)#1,043 (25)
2015#1,823 (114)#1,783 (16)#3,286 (5)
2014#2,010 (98)#1,456 (21)#1,786 (12)
2013#2,364 (77)#1,587 (19)—
2012#2,770 (63)#2,215 (12)—
2011#2,868 (60)#2,893 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #1,622.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 27,000 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 27,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sanaya is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 25,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 33,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sanaya 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: #1,087NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sanaya (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
SanayaCanadaGirls#2,2829
SanayaEngland & WalesGirls#1,80916
SanayaUSGirls#2,85959