Saniyah Girl
How popular is Saniyah?
#1,279 girl name in 2025
175 baby girls were named Saniyah in the US in 2025, making it the 1279th most popular girl name.
Saniyah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,279 for girls (▲ 26 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 175 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-40% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #930 in 2015, #1,276 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (595 girls) |
| Highest rank | #507 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1997 |
| 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 |
Saniyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Saniyah family of names ranked #891 for girls in 2025 (#919 the year before), with 248 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Saniyah | 175 | 71% |
| Saniya | 73 | 29% |
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 Saniyah is most popular
Babies named Saniyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.2 per 1,000 (46 girls)
Saniyah by decade
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Questions
- Is Saniyah a boy or girl name?
- Saniyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Saniyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Saniyah?
- 175 baby girls were named Saniyah in the US in 2025, making it the 1279th most popular girl name.
- When was Saniyah most popular?
- Saniyah peaked in 2009, when 595 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #507 in 2009.
- How many people are named Saniyah?
- 7,300 babies have been named Saniyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,251 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Saniyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Saniyah was most common in Georgia, at 0.2 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.