Sana Girl
How popular is Sana?
#1,427 girl name in 2025
151 baby girls were named Sana in the US in 2025, making it the 1427th most popular girl name.
Sana popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,427 for girls (▲ 19 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 151 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,667 in 2015, #2,023 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (180 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,309 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1923 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sana counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sanai family of names ranked #785 for girls in 2025 (#815 the year before), with 319 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sanai | 160 | 50% |
| Sana | 151 | 47% |
| Sanna | 8 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sana is most popular
Babies named Sana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (177 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (57 girls)
Sana by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 10 | #4,966 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1950s | 39 | #2,838 |
| 1960s | 43 | #4,830 |
| 1970s | 142 | #2,860 |
| 1980s | 478 | #1,746 |
| 1990s | 888 | #1,414 |
| 2000s | 1,186 | #1,443 |
| 2010s | 1,222 | #1,495 |
| 2020s | 860 | #1,309 |
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Questions
- Is Sana a boy or girl name?
- Sana is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sana were girls.
- How popular is the name Sana?
- 151 baby girls were named Sana in the US in 2025, making it the 1427th most popular girl name.
- When was Sana most popular?
- Sana peaked in 2022, when 180 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,309 in 2022.
- How many people are named Sana?
- 4,878 babies have been named Sana in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,800 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Sana most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sana was most common in Virginia, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.