NameTides

Saniyah

Saniyah was the #1,279 girls' name in the US in 2025 (175 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Saniyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Saniyah 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Saniyah 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,279 (175)#5,927 (3)#3,478 (5)
2024#1,305 (176)——
2023#1,465 (150)#3,599 (6)—
2022#1,309 (180)#5,670 (3)—
2021#1,317 (171)#4,634 (4)—
2020#1,276 (175)#4,535 (4)—
2019#1,302 (176)#4,001 (5)—
2018#934 (286)#3,178 (7)—
2017#1,042 (247)#3,229 (7)#2,876 (6)
2016#1,088 (237)#4,763 (4)—
2015#930 (292)#4,736 (4)—
2014#873 (313)#2,659 (9)#3,316 (5)
2013#825 (324)#2,313 (11)—
2012#683 (412)#2,095 (13)#2,601 (7)
2011#619 (468)#1,295 (24)#2,156 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #507.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1997.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,200 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 9,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Saniyah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,000 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Saniyah 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: #1,210MINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: 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: #725PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: 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: #662VAMaryland: 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: #905NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,790TXFlorida: #864FL
Saniyah (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
SaniyahCanadaGirls#3,4785
SaniyahEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
SaniyahUSGirls#1,279175