Sanna

Sanna was the #10,917 girls' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales.

Sanna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sanna 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Sanna 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#10,917 (8)#4,201 (5)———
2024#8,443 (12)#3,696 (6)———
2023#10,312 (9)—#749 (3)——
2022#6,464 (18)#5,670 (3)#470 (6)——
2021#10,292 (9)#2,711 (9)———
2020#7,969 (13)#3,117 (7)#765 (3)#628 (5)#3,251 (5)
2019#12,448 (7)#4,686 (4)———
2018#12,464 (7)————
2017#9,341 (11)#4,763 (4)———
2016#8,393 (13)#5,785 (3)———
2015#13,006 (7)#2,945 (8)———
2014#10,129 (10)#3,514 (6)———
2013#14,582 (6)#4,050 (5)———
2012#10,429 (10)#2,338 (11)———
2011#12,153 (8)#3,185 (7)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1894 at #1,237.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1894.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 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 200,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sanna is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 180,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 86,000 to 1 in 360,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SannaCanadaGirls—too few
SannaEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
SannaIrelandGirls—too few
SannaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SannaScotlandGirls—too few
SannaUSGirls#10,9178