Saniya

Saniya was the #2,438 girls' name in the US in 2025 (73 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales.

Saniya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Saniya 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Saniya 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,438 (73)#4,867 (4)———
2024#2,559 (69)#4,844 (4)———
2023#2,442 (73)#4,710 (4)——#2,366 (8)
2022#2,208 (85)#3,971 (5)———
2021#1,841 (109)#3,519 (6)——#2,616 (7)
2020#1,841 (106)#4,535 (4)———
2019#1,523 (142)#4,001 (5)———
2018#1,520 (143)#2,499 (10)———
2017#1,268 (186)#3,229 (7)——#2,876 (6)
2016#1,267 (192)#2,757 (9)——#2,892 (6)
2015#1,350 (176)#2,328 (11)——#2,599 (7)
2014#1,107 (230)#1,882 (15)——#1,786 (12)
2013#922 (276)#1,956 (14)——#2,595 (7)
2012#876 (304)#1,342 (24)——#3,334 (5)
2011#751 (367)#1,438 (21)——#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #494.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 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 22,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Saniya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 27,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 22,000 to 1 in 33,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Saniya 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,418NYMassachusetts: 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: #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: 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: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,887FL
Saniya (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
SaniyaCanadaGirls—too few
SaniyaEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
SaniyaIrelandGirls—too few
SaniyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SaniyaScotlandGirls—too few
SaniyaUSGirls#2,43873