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Sanaya

100% girls · 59 born in 2025

Sanaya has been given to about 1,869 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2016, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 1,858
Median age today11 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Sanaya per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2016 · 135
  • Born in 202559
  • All time1,869
  • England & Wales, 202516

How popular is Sanaya?

Its best year was 2016, when 135 babies were given the name, ranking 1626th. The typical living American called Sanaya is about 11 years old today. It is relatively most common in New York, where it accounts for 0.01% of births.

Names that sound like Sanaya

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Anaya0.88
  2. Saniya0.82
  3. Amaya0.75
  4. Alaya0.75
  5. Malaya0.75
  6. Araya0.75
  7. Ananya0.75
  8. Santana0.73

Middle names for Sanaya

Ranked by flow score
  1. Sanaya Josephine0.84
  2. Sanaya Rose0.83
  3. Sanaya Louise0.83
  4. Sanaya June0.82
  5. Sanaya Pearl0.82
  6. Sanaya Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Sanaya

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Fisherbrother · 0.92
  2. Bodebrother · 0.91
  3. Kyrenbrother · 0.91
  4. Ayaneither · 0.90
  5. Galileasister · 0.90
  6. Elinasister · 0.90

Where Sanaya is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. New York0.01%
  2. Illinois0.01%
  3. California0.00%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Sanaya White0.78
  2. Sanaya Reyes0.78
  3. Sanaya Nguyen0.78
  4. Sanaya Moore0.78
  5. Sanaya Lee0.78
  6. Sanaya Hill0.78

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Sanaya

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025

Sanaya across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.